The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means. Saul Alinsky More Quotes by Saul Alinsky More Quotes From Saul Alinsky A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag. Saul Alinsky tacticsdraglong The American people were, in the beginning, Revolutionaries and Tories. The American people ever since have been Revolutionaries and Tories. They have been Revolutionaries and Tories regardless of the labels of the past and present. Regardless of whether they were Federalists, Democrat-Republicans, Whigs, Know-Nothings, Free Soilers, Unionists or Confederates, Populists, Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, Communists, or Progressives. They have been and are profiteers and patriots. They have been and are conservatives, liberals, and radicals. Saul Alinsky labelspeoplepast The preferred world can be seen any evening on television in the succession of programs where the good always wins Saul Alinsky winningtelevisionworld Do you like people? Most people claim that they like people with, of course, a "few exceptions." When the exceptions are added together it becomes clear that they include a vast majority of the people. It becomes equally clear that most people like just a few people, their kind of people, and either do not actively care for or actively dislike most of the "other" people. Saul Alinsky caretogetherpeople 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. In this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people; to realize the democratic dream of equality, justice, peace, cooperation, equal and full opportunities for education, full and useful employment, health, and the creation of those circumstances in which man can have the chance to live by values that give meaning to life. Saul Alinsky dreamopportunitybook It should be borne in mind that the target is always trying to shift responsibility to get out of being the target. There is a constant squirming and moving and strategy . . . on the part of the designated target. The forces for change must keep this in mind and pin that target down securely. If an organization permits responsibility to be diffused and distributed in a number of areas, attack becomes impossible. Saul Alinsky always-tryingresponsibilitymoving The human spirit glows from that small inner light of doubt whether we are right, while those who believe with certainty that they possess the right are dark inside and darken the world outside with cruelty, pain, and injustice. Saul Alinsky paindarkbelieve Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. Saul Alinsky motherlifechildren Dogma, Whatever Form It Takes, Is The Ultimate Enemy Of Human Freedom. Saul Alinsky dogmaformenemy Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to avoid being trapped by their own tactics and forced to travel a road not of their choosing. Saul Alinsky tacticsshiftingpolitical Our world has always had two kinds of changers, the social changers and the money changers. Saul Alinsky our-worldkindtwo It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event you are not even a failure. You're just not there. Saul Alinsky eventsdoepeople Democracy is alive, and like any other living thing it either flourishes and grows or withers and dies. There is no in-between. It is freedom and life or dictatorship and death. Saul Alinsky democracydictatorshipalive The threat is generally more terrifying than the thing itself. Saul Alinsky threat The fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn't necessarily endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or compassion. Saul Alinsky compassionjusticepeople Love and faith are not common companions. More commonly power and fear consort with faith....Power is not to be crossed; one must respect and obey. Power means strength, whereas love is a human frailty the people mistrust. It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith. Saul Alinsky fearlove-ismean Those who are most moral are farthest from the problem. Saul Alinsky moralproblem Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you are free to live. Saul Alinsky acceptingacceptancedeath You cannot meet today's crisis tomorrow. Saul Alinsky crisistomorrowtoday The only people who become disillusioned are people who have illusions. Saul Alinsky disillusionedillusionpeople
