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* The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends: ''Any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.''
* The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends: ''Any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.''
* The tenth rule of the ethics of means and ends: ''You do what ou can with what you have and clothe it in moral garments.''
* The tenth rule of the ethics of means and ends: ''You do what you can with what you have and clothe it in moral garments.''
* The eleventh rule of the ethics of means and ends: ''Goals must be phrased in general terms like "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," "Of the Common Welfare," "Pursuit of Happiness," or "Bread and Peace."''
* The eleventh rule of the ethics of means and ends: ''Goals must be phrased in general terms like "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," "Of the Common Welfare," "Pursuit of Happiness," or "Bread and Peace."''
Alinsky concluded that anybody asking the proverbial question of "Does the End justify the Means"" is always asking the wrong question. The real question is and has always been "'''Does this ''particular'' end justify this ''particular'' means?'''"<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 47</ref>
Alinsky concluded that anybody asking the proverbial question of "Does the End justify the Means"" is always asking the wrong question. The real question is and has always been "'''Does this ''particular'' end justify this ''particular'' means?'''"<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 47</ref>
===Politicization of all aspects of life===
Alinsky did not believe that "politics" should be confined to political topics. He believed that non-political topics could be politicized for the opportunities they represented. In ''Rules for Radicals'', Alinsky wrote:
<blockquote>'''All of life is partisan.''' There is no dispassionate objectivity. The revolutionary ideology is not confined to a specific limited formula.<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 10</ref></blockquote>
In this quote as well as his activities, such as the piss-in/fart-in campaigns, no aspect of life was off limits to be used for political gain. Nowadays everything is politicized and partisan. But in Alinsky's day, this was brand new.
==Death and Legacy==
==Death and Legacy==