Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. Saul Alinsky enemypowerremember Change image and share on social
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 communicateeventfailure Change image and share on social
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 darkdeathdevastate Change image and share on social
If the real radical finds that having long hair sets up psychological barriers to communication and organization, he cuts his hair. If I were organizing in an orthodox Jewish community, I would not walk in there eating a ham sandwich unless I wanted to be rejected so I could have an excuse to cop out. Saul Alinsky barriercommunicationcommunity share on social
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. That means working in the system. Saul Alinsky acceptbeginchange share on social
Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in. Saul Alinsky acceptcaredeath share on social
First rule of change is controversy. You can't get away from it for the simple reason all issues are controversial. Change means movement, and movement means friction, and friction means heat, and heat means controversy. Saul Alinsky changecontroversialcontroversy share on social
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 000arrivebenefactor share on social
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 blackchronologicalcommunity Change image and share on social
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 actionadaptableavoid share on social