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.

A Marxist begins with his prime truth that all evils are caused by the exploitation of the proletariat by the capitalists. From this he logically proceeds to the revolution to end capitalism, then into the third stage of reorganization into a new social order of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and finally the last stage -- the political paradise of communism.

The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.

Power just goes to two poles — to those who've got money, and those who've got people.

Keep the pressure on, with different tactics and actions, and utilize all events of the period for your purpose.

One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other.

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