Saul Alinsky Quotes

United States, Activist
January 30, 1909 – June, 12, 1972.

Saul David Alinsky was an American community organizer and writer. He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. He is often noted for his book Rules for Radicals (1971).

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.

Saul Alinsky
Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

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- Weapon
- Ridicule
- Potent

There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man's faith in himself and in his power to direct his future.

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- Future
- Faith
- Tragedy
The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.

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- Thing
- Threat
- Terrifying
People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.

Saul Alinsky
Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.

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- Life
- Fear
- Corruption
Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

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- Doing
- Have
- Tactics
History is a relay of revolutions.

Saul Alinsky