Some foreign states will act against a dictatorship only to gain their own economic, political, or military control over the country.
Gene SharpDictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.
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 SharpThe fall of one regime does not bring in a utopia. Rather, it opens the way for hard work and long efforts to build more just social, economic,and political relationships and the eradication of other forms of injustices and oppression.
Gene Sharp