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.

No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.

The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means.

The second rule is: Never go outside the experience of your people. When an action is outside the experience of the people, the result is confusion, fear, and retreat.

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.

Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.

The preferred world can be seen any evening on television in the succession of programs where the good always wins