In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems. Saul Alinsky More Quotes by Saul Alinsky More Quotes From Saul Alinsky The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away. Saul Alinsky radicalrules-for-radicalswritten We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people; that the burning passions and ideals of the American dream lie congealed by cold cynicism. Great parts of the masses of our people no longer believe that they have a voice or a hand in shaping the destiny of this nation. They have not forsaken democracy because of any desire or positive action of their own; they have been driven down into the depths of a great despair born of frustration, hopelessness, and apathy. A democracy lacking in popular participation dies of paralysis. Saul Alinsky dreambelievelying Radicals, on the other hand, want to advance from the jungle of laissez-faire capitalism to a world worthy of the name of human civilization. They hope for a future where the means of economic production will be owned by all of the people instead of just a comparative handful. They feel that this minority control of production facilities is injurious to the large masses of people not only because of economic monopolies but because the political power inherent in this form of centralized economy does not augur for an ever expanding democratic way of life. Saul Alinsky civilizationmeanhands It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith. Saul Alinsky fountainheadrules-for-radicalsfacts Organized business has assumed that greater profits would be pretty much of a cure-all, and it has to a major extent ignored the fact that the welfare of business rests upon the welfare of the consumers of a nation; that business or free enterprise will function in a democracy only so long as the democracy functions. Saul Alinsky democracywould-belong The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Saul Alinsky rules-for-radicalsalternativessuccessful Liberals like people with their heads, radicals like people with both their heads and their hearts. Saul Alinsky radicalheartpeople Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. Saul Alinsky powerenemythinking America's corporations are a spiritual slum, and their arrogance is the major threat to our future as a free society. Saul Alinsky arrogancespiritualamerica Keep the pressure on, with different tactics and actions, and utilize all events of the period for your purpose. Saul Alinsky eventsdifferentpurpose Many of the lower middle class are members of labor unions, churches, bowling clubs, fraternal, service, and nationality organizations. They are organizations and people that must be worked Saul Alinsky organizationclasspeople Asking a sociologist to solve a problem is like prescribing an enema for diarrhea. Saul Alinsky diarrheaproblemasking Never do for someone what they can do for themselves. Saul Alinsky can-do The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength. Saul Alinsky reactionsrules-for-radicalsenemy The end is what you want and the means is how you get it. Saul Alinsky endswantmean A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. Saul Alinsky black-and-whitecommunityracism My only fixed truth is a belief in people, a conviction that if people have the opportunity to act freely and the power to control their own destinies, they'll generally reach the right decisions. Saul Alinsky destinyopportunitypeople Do one of three things. One, go find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start bombing - but this will only swing people to the right. Three, learn a lesson. Go home, organize, build power and at the next convention, you be the delegates. Saul Alinsky wallsorryhome We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it. Saul Alinsky faithbeautifulbelieve Change means movement. Movement means friction. Saul Alinsky vacuumschangemean
