Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community organizer and writer. He is generally considered to...
Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict. Saul Alinsky
Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.
The first step in community organization is community disorganization. Saul Alinsky
The first step in community organization is community disorganization.
People always do the right thing for the wrong reason. Saul Alinsky
People always do the right thing for the wrong reason.
They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet. Saul Alinsky
They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.
We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it. Saul Alinsky
We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.
Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough. Saul Alinsky
Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.
True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within. Saul Alinsky
True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.
Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. Saul Alinsky
Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.
Those who are most moral are farthest from the problem. Saul Alinsky
Those who are most moral are farthest from the problem.
Never let a crisis go to waste. Saul Alinsky
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. Saul Alinsky
Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
This is the world as it is. This is where you start. Saul Alinsky
This is the world as it is. This is where you start.