Nonviolent action involves opposing the opponent's power, including his police & military capacity, not with the weapons chosen by him but by quite different means...Repression by the opponent is used against his own power position in a kind of political " ju-jitsu " and the very sources of his power thus reduced or removed, with the result that his political and military position is seriously weakened or destroyed.

The Politics of Nonviolent Action: The dynamics of nonviolent action (ed. Extending Horizons Books, 1973) - ISBN: 9780875580722