136 Quotes by Saul Alinsky

The fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn't necessarily endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or compassion.

In 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.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.

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

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.

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

The preferred world can be seen any evening on television in the succession of programs where the good always wins

The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means.

The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means....