" The conclusion is a hard one. When one wants to bring down a dictatorship most effectively and with the least cost then one has four immediate tasks: • One must strengthen the oppressed population themselves in their determination, self-confidence, and resistance skills; • One must strengthen the independent social groups and institutions of the oppressed people; • One must create a powerful internal resistance force; and • One must develop a wise grand strategic plan for liberation and implement it skillfully. "

― Gene Sharp , From Dictatorship to Democracy