I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or Marxism…The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by such religious and political and racial fanatics, from the persecutions of the Inquisition on down to Communist purges and Nazi genocide.

The most effective means are whatever will achieve the desired results.

One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.

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.

Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.

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