Top 36 Quotes by Saul Alinsky

About Saul Alinsky

These are some quotes by American author Saul Alinsky Activist, who lived between January 30, 1909 and June 12, 1972.

The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.

The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.

Saul Alinsky

The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community.

The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community.

Saul Alinsky

People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.

Saul Alinsky

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

Saul Alinsky

Mankind has been and is divided into three parts: the Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Have-a-Little, Want Mores.

Mankind has been and is divided into three parts: the Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Have-a-Little, Want Mores.

Saul Alinsky

If the ends don't justify the means, what does?

If the ends don't justify the means, what does?

Saul Alinsky

Last guys don't finish nice.

Last guys don't finish nice.

Saul Alinsky

I've never joined any organization - not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.

I've never joined any organization - not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.

Saul Alinsky

Everybody owned stock in the Capone mob; in a way, he was a public benefactor. I remember one time when he arrived at his box seat in Dyche Stadium for a Northwestern football game on Boy Scout Day, and 8,000 scouts got up in the stands and screamed in cadence, 'Yea, yea, Big Al. Yea, yea, Big Al.'

Saul Alinsky

The first step in community organization is community disorganization.

The first step in community organization is community disorganization.

Saul Alinsky

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