Saul Alinsky Radicals Quotations

It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.

Control healthcare and you control the people

If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.

Change comes from power, and power comes from organization.

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.

The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.

The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means.

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

Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.

The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.