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

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

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.

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

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

Liberals like people with their heads, radicals like people with both their heads and their hearts.

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.