Nonviolent struggle is the most powerful means available to those struggling for freedom.
Gene SharpThat is straight out of Gandhi. If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble. โฆ If you fight with violence, you are fighting with your enemyโs best weapon, and you may be a brave but dead hero.
Gene SharpSo, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police and judges, even the army - then you know what a dictatorship depends on for its existence.
Gene Sharp