As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.

Quote by Saul Alinsky

Topics: Illusions Quotes, Order Quotes, Politics Quotes, Reality Quotes

Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics: Power is not only what you have...

Always remember the first rule of power tactics: Power is not only what you have...

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

Last guys don't finish nice.

Last guys don't finish nice.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have...

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have...

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first...

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first...

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract...

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract...

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother...

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother...

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new...

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new...

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

History is a relay of revolutions.

History is a relay of revolutions.

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You...

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You...

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first...

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first...

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

A picture must possess a real power to generate light [and] for a long time...

A picture must possess a real power to generate light [and] for a long time...

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.