> "Never deny the power of a small group of committed individuals to change the world. Indeed that is the only thing that ever has." > – Margaret Mead Erica Chenoweth studied every political uprising since 1900, and she found that whenever a non-violent resistance movement formed with the participation of over 3.5% of the population, they were successful in overthrowing a government. --- **Source:** Chenoweth, Erica & Maria J Stephan. “Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict,” n.d., 336.