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Saul Alinsky Quotes: 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 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.


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True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.



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.

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.



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Control healthcare and you control the people



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Never let a crisis go to waste



History is a relay of revolutions.

History is a relay of revolutions.



In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems.

In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems.



Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.



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 Christian church can live up to Christianity.

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 Christian church can live up to Christianity.



The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at



If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.

If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.





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Trust me, change can happen in much less time given the right circumstances. Hell, sometimes the people we're closest to change and there's nothing we can do to bring them back.

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When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.



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As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.



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You do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about.



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