136 Quotes by Saul Alinsky

Let the liberal turn to the course of action, the course of all radicals, and the amused look vanishes from the face of society as it snarls, “That’s radical!” Society has good reason to fear the radical. Every shaking advance of mankind toward equality and justice has come from the radical. He hits, he hurts, he is dangerous. Conservative interests know that while liberals are most adept at breaking their own necks with their tongues, radicals are most adept at breaking the necks of conservatives.

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.

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

The only nonpartisan people are those who are dead.

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at

No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.

History is a relay of revolutions.

Dogma, Whatever Form It Takes, Is The Ultimate Enemy Of Human Freedom.

Power goes to two poles-to those who've got the money and those who've got the people.