"There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from……" — Gene Sharp
"There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the existing ruler has to resign. He doesn’t have to resign. You take all the supports out from under him; he falls. No matter what he wants to do. This is the distinction in the analyses between nonviolent coercion in which he has to resign, but he’s forced into it, and disintegration when the regime simply falls apart. There’s nobody left with enough power to resign."
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18 Quotes by Gene Sharp
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You have a chance of learning -- if you want to and youre not arrogant.
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