Gene Sharp Quote

Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal power distribution in the home country. The population and society are too weak to cause the dictatorship serious problems, wealth and power are concentrated in too few hands. Although dictatorships may benefit from or be somewhat weakened by international actions, their continuation is dependent primarily on internal factors.

From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation (ed. Albert Einstein Institution, 2010) - ISBN: 9781880813096