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The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be free and their willingness and ability to resist efforts to enslave them.Gene Sharp
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As Charles Stewart Parnell called out during the Irish rent strike campaign in 1879 and 1880:It is no use relying on the Government . You must only rely upon your own determination . Help yourselves by standing together . strengthen those amongst yourselves who are weak . . , band yourselves together, organize yourselves . and you must win . When you have made this question ripe for settlement, then and not till then will it be settled. .Gene Sharp
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The 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