Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World

by Srdja Popovic

Proper revolutions are not cataclysmic explosions; they are long, controlled burns.

If you’re up against David Beckham, Slobo said, you don’t want to meet him on the soccer field. You want to play him at chess. That’s where you can win. Taking up arms against a dictator is a silly way to face him down.

to quote Mark Twain (you can’t argue with Mark Twain!), who said, “The human race has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter.… Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”