"Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal……" — Gene Sharp
"Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal power distribution in the home country. The population and society are too weak to cause the dictatorship serious problems, wealth and power are concentrated in too few hands. Although dictatorships may benefit from or be somewhat weakened by international actions, their continuation is dependent primarily on internal factors."
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Gene Sharp
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18 Quotes by Gene Sharp
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Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they…
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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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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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