Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. Saul Alinsky Read Quote
Mankind has been and is divided into three parts: the Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Have-a-Little, Want Mores. Saul Alinsky Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. In short, radicals must have a degree of control over the flow of events. Saul Alinsky Read Quote
I’ve never joined any organization – not even the ones I’ve organized myself. I prize my own independence too much. Saul Alinsky Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man’s faith in himself and in his power to direct his future. Saul Alinsky Read Quote