The thirteenth rule of radical tactics: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be - it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be.

The only people who become disillusioned are people who have illusions.

It should be borne in mind that the target is always trying to shift responsibility to get out of being the target. There is a constant squirming and moving and strategy . . . on the part of the designated target. The forces for change must keep this in mind and pin that target down securely. If an organization permits responsibility to be diffused and distributed in a number of areas, attack becomes impossible.

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you are free to live.

If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.

Never let a crisis go to waste