Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Gene Sharp
Born: January 21, 1928
Died: January 28, 2018 (aged 90)
Bio: Gene Sharp was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and was a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Known for:
- From Dictatorship to Democracy (1994)
- The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973)
- Role of power in nonviolent struggle (1990)
- Making Europe Unconquerable (1985)