"Dictatorships are never as strong as they think……" — Gene Sharp
"Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are."
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18 Quotes by Gene Sharp
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So, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police…
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The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is, it follows, in large degree a reflection of the relative…
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By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always…
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Some foreign states will act against a dictatorship only to gain their own economic, political, or military control over the…
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Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal power distribution in the home country. The population and society are too…
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Whatever promises offered by dictators in any negotiated settlement, no one should ever forget that the dictators may promise anything…
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Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the…
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There should be no romanticism that international public opinion or even international diplomatic and economic pressure can defeat a coup…
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As soon as you choose to fight with violence you're choosing to fight against your opponents best weapons and you…
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You have a chance of learning -- if you want to and youre not arrogant.
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That is straight out of Gandhi. If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble.…
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Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule.
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If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected.…
— Benazir Bhutto
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The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the…
— Benazir Bhutto
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When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation -…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not…
— Tony Blair
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of…
— Niels Bohr
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
— Richard Branson
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The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later;…
— Charles Bukowski
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A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
— George W. Bush
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
— Fidel Castro
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The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no…
— Hugo Chavez
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