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History is a relay of revolutions.

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
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Chicago
Illinois
Saul David Alinsky
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The cry of the Have-Nots has never been give us our hearts, but always get off our backs they ask not for love but for breathing space.
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In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of the common good and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed.
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The threat is generally more terrifying than the thing itself.
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As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be - it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be.
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The only people who become disillusioned are people who have illusions.
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A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises.
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If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.
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The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends is that any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.
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A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.
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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.
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Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.
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The end is what you want and the means is how you get it.
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One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.
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No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.
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Liberals like people with their heads, radicals like people with both their heads and their hearts.
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The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.
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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.
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The despair is there now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.
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The only nonpartisan people are those who are dead.
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In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems.
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