Gene Sharp Quotes

1928–2018 United States

Gene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) was an American political scientist and founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He was known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world.

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All dominating elites and rulers depend for their sources of power upon the cooperation of the population and of the institutions of the society they would rule.

The Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle (1990)

The most important single quality of any government, without which it would not exist, must be the obedience and submission of its subjects. Obedience is at the heart of political power.

The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973)

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