Occupation: Writer Birth: January 30, 1909 Death: June 12, 1972
It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we are always moral and our….
The most effective means are whatever will achieve the desired results..
Asking a sociologist to solve a problem is like prescribing an enema for diarrhea..
The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means..
Control healthcare and you control the people.
The organizers first job is to create the issues or problems, and organizations must be based on many issues. The organizer must first rub raw the re….
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..
A Marxist begins with his prime truth that all evils are caused by the exploitation of the proletariat by the capitalists. From this he logically pro….
The first step in community organization is community disorganization. The disruption of the present organization is the first step toward community ….
Keep the pressure on, with different tactics and actions, and utilize all events of the period for your purpose..
Theres another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must b….
Lest we forget at least an over the shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology and history (and who is to kno….
If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them..
The despair is there; now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change..
The organizer must become schizoid, politically, in order to slip into becoming a true believer. Before men can act an issue must be polarized. Men w….
True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within..
In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems..
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and no….
The fourth rule is: "Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules." You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than ….
The very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer..
If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive..