"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."
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The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973), Vol. 1, p. 16. As cited by Roland Bleiker in Popular Dissent, Human Agency and Global Politics (2000).
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Gene Sharp
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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