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==Quotes==
==Quotes==
* "Much of the time, though, the organizer will have a pretty good idea of what the community should be doing, and he will want to suggest, maneuver, and persuade the community toward that action. He will not ever seem to to tell the community what to do; instead, he will use loaded questions."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 91</ref>
* "Much of the time, though, the organizer will have a pretty good idea of what the community should be doing, and he will want to suggest, maneuver, and persuade the community toward that action. He will not ever seem to to tell the community what to do; instead, he will use loaded questions."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 91</ref>
* "THAT PERENNIAL QUESTION, "Does the end justify the means?""<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 24</ref>
* "THAT PERENNIAL QUESTION, "Does the end justify the means?""<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 24</ref>
* "The ''end'' is what you want, and the ''means'' is how you get it."
* "The ''end'' is what you want, and the ''means'' is how you get it."
* "A People's Organization is dedicated to an eternal war. It is a war against poverty, misery, delinquency, disease, injustice, hopelessness, despair, and unhappiness. They are basically the same issues for which nations have gone to war in almost every generation. A war is not an intellectual debate, and in the war against social evils there are no rules of fair play."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_fFQP-WTD94C&pg=PA133 Reveille for Radicals], page 133</ref>
* "Power goes to two poles: to those who've got money and those who've got people."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 127. See footnote</ref>
* "Power goes to two poles: to those who've got money and those who've got people."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 127. See footnote</ref>
* "To the organizer, compromise is a key and beautiful word. It is always present in the pragmatics of operation. It is making the deal, getting that vital breather, usually the victory. If you start with nothing, demand 100 per cent, then compromise for 30 per cent, you’re 30 per cent ahead."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 59</ref>
* "To the organizer, compromise is a key and beautiful word. It is always present in the pragmatics of operation. It is making the deal, getting that vital breather, usually the victory. If you start with nothing, demand 100 per cent, then compromise for 30 per cent, you’re 30 per cent ahead."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 59</ref>
* "We must believe that it is the darkness before the dawn of a beautiful new world; we will see it when we believe it."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 196</ref>
* "We must believe that it is the darkness before the dawn of a beautiful new world; we will see it when we believe it."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 196</ref>
* "In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 119</ref>
* "In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 119</ref>
* "When those prominent in the status quo turn and label you an "agitator" they are completely correct, for that is, in one word, your function - to agitate to the point of conflict."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 117</ref>
* "When those prominent in the status quo turn and label you an "agitator" they are completely correct, for that is, in one word, your function - to agitate to the point of conflict."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 117</ref>
* "The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself."<ref>Rules for Radicals, Prologue, page xxiv</ref>
* "The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself."<ref>Rules for Radicals, Prologue, page xxiv</ref>
* "The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression. He must search out controversy and issues, rather than avoid them, for unless there is controversy people are not concerned enough to act."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 116-117</ref>
* "The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression. He must search out controversy and issues, rather than avoid them, for unless there is controversy people are not concerned enough to act."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 116-117</ref>
* "The answer I gave the young radicals seemed to me the only realistic one"Do one of three things. One, go find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start bombing - but this will only swing people to the right. Three, learn a lesson. Go home, organize, build power and at the next convention, ''you be the delegates''.""<ref>Rules for Radicals, Prologue, page xxiv</ref>
* "The answer I gave the young radicals seemed to me the only realistic one"Do one of three things. One, go find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start bombing - but this will only swing people to the right. Three, learn a lesson. Go home, organize, build power and at the next convention, ''you be the delegates''.""<ref>Rules for Radicals, Prologue, page xxiv</ref>
* "Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough."
* "Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough."
* "The organizer is in a true sense reaching for the highest level for which man can reach - to create, to be a "great creator," to play God."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 61</ref>
* "The organizer is in a true sense reaching for the highest level for which man can reach - to create, to be a "great creator," to play God."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 61</ref>
* "Tactics must begin within the experience of the middle class, accepting their aversion to rudeness, vulgarity, and conflict. Start them easy, don't scare them off."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 195</ref>
* "Tactics must begin within the experience of the middle class, accepting their aversion to rudeness, vulgarity, and conflict. Start them easy, don't scare them off."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 195</ref>
* "All this and more must be grasped and used to radicalize parts of the middle class."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 186</ref>
* "All this and more must be grasped and used to radicalize parts of the middle class."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 186</ref>
* "I have on occasion remarked that I felt confident that I could persuade a millionaire on a Friday to subsidize a revolution for Saturday out of which he would make a huge profit on Sunday even though he was certain to be executed on Monday."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 150</ref>
* "I have on occasion remarked that I felt confident that I could persuade a millionaire on a Friday to subsidize a revolution for Saturday out of which he would make a huge profit on Sunday even though he was certain to be executed on Monday."<ref>Rules for Radicals, page 150</ref>