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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Dictators require the assistance of the people they rule, without which they cannot secure and maintain the sources of political power.”

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · May 7

“No outside force is coming to give oppressed people the freedom they so much want. People will have to learn how to take that freedom themselves.”

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · May 7

"Dictators require the assistance of the people they rule, without which they cannot secure and maintain the sources
of political power."

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Apr 21

"All governments rely on cooperation and obedience for their very existence. When people choose to withhold or withdraw that cooperation, governments are left without any pillars to support their weight."

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Apr 21

"All governments rely on cooperation and obedience for their very existence. When people choose to withhold or withdraw that cooperation, governments are left without any pillars to support their weight."

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Apr 21

"All governments rely on cooperation and obedience for their very existence. When people choose to withhold or withdraw that cooperation, governments are left without any pillars to support their weight."

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Apr 21

"Full cooperation, obedience, and support will increase the availability of the needed sources of power and, consequently, expand the power capacity of any government."

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Mar 4

"Dictators require the assistance of the people they rule, without which they cannot secure and maintain the sources
of political power.”

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Mar 4

“No outside force is coming to give oppressed people the freedom they so much want. People will have to learn how to take that freedom themselves.”

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Dec 9

“No outside force is coming to give oppressed people the freedom they so much want. People will have to learn how to take that freedom themselves.”

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Dec 8

"All governments rely on cooperation and obedience for their very existence. When people choose to withhold or withdraw that cooperation, governments are left without any pillars to support their weight."

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Dec 6

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Gene Sharp 1987 interview

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

“No outside force is coming to give oppressed people the freedom they so much want. People will have to learn how to take that freedom themselves.”

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

"It is our contention, that political defiance, or nonviolent struggle, is the most powerful means available to those struggling for freedom"

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

"It is our contention, that political defiance, or nonviolent struggle, is the most powerful means available to those struggling for freedom"

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

“No outside force is coming to give oppressed people the freedom they so much want. People will have to learn how to take that freedom themselves.”

Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

“No outside force is coming to give oppressed people the freedom they so much want. People will have to learn how to take that freedom themselves.”

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

“No outside force is coming to give oppressed people the freedom they so much want. People will have to learn how to take that freedom themselves.”

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

"The dictators almost always have superiority in military hardware, ammunition, transportation, and the size of military forces. Despite bravery, the democrats are (almost always) no match."

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

"However long or briefly these democrats can continue, eventually the harsh military realities usually become inescapable."

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 28

"Whatever the merits of the violent option, however, one point is clear. By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority. The dictators are equipped to apply violence overwhelmingly."

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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 25

"On the other hand, withdrawal of popular and institutional cooperation with aggressors and dictators diminishes, and may sever, the availability of the sources of power on which all rulers depend.
Without availability of those sources, the rulers’ power weakens and finally dissolves."
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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 25

"Full cooperation, obedience, and support will increase the availability of the needed sources of power and, consequently, expand the power capacity of any government."
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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 25

"All of these sources, however, depend on acceptance of the regime, on the submission and obedience of the population, and on the cooperation of innumerable people and the many institutions of the society. These are not guaranteed."
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Gene Sharp Quotes @gene-sharp-quotes.bsky.social · Nov 25

"Sanctions: punishments, threatened or applied, against the disobedient and non-cooperative to ensure the submission and cooperation that are needed for the regime to exist and carry out its policies."
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