The fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn't necessarily endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or compassion.
Saul AlinskyTrue revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.
Saul AlinskyWe must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.
Saul AlinskyIn this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed.
Saul AlinskyPick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)
Saul Alinsky