Saul Alinsky
Saul Alinsky
Saul David Alinskywas an American community organizer and writer. He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. He is often noted for his 1971 book Rules for Radicals...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth30 January 1909
CountryUnited States of America
facts fountainhead rules-for-radicals
It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.
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The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.
enemy rules-for-radicals expertise
Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.
book enemy rules-for-radicals
Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.
heart people radical
Liberals like people with their heads, radicals like people with both their heads and their hearts.
mean use rules-for-radicals
The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means.
reality world rules-for-radicals
As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.
enemy reactions rules-for-radicals
The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.
radical rules-for-radicals written
The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.
target tactics radical
The thirteenth rule of radical tactics: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
organization humanist rules-for-radicals
Change comes from power, and power comes from organization.
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If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.
cutting hair radicalism
True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.
people healthcare rules-for-radicals
Control healthcare and you control the people