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Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.

Saul Alinsky

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Saul Alinsky
Age: 63 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 30
Died: 1972
Died: June 12
Activist
Human Rights Activist
Sociologist
Trade Unionist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Saul David Alinsky
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Rules
Enemy
Live

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Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in.
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The only nonpartisan people are those who are dead.
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Dogma, Whatever Form It Takes, Is The Ultimate Enemy Of Human Freedom.
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The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means.
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