In The Beginning The Organizer's First Job

My Only Fixed Truth Is A Belief In People, A Conviction That If People Have The Opportunity To Act Freely And The Power To Control Their Own Destinies, They'll Generally Reach The Right Decisions.

Radicals Must Be Resilient, Adaptable To Shifting Political Circumstances, And Sensitive Enough To The Process Of Action And Reaction To Avoid Being Trapped By Their Own Tactics And Forced To Travel A Road Not Of Their Choosing.

The Greatest Enemy Of Individual Freedom Is The Individual Himself.

The Only Nonpartisan People Are Those Who Are Dead.

The American People Were, In The Beginning, Revolutionaries And Tories. The American People Ever Since Have Been Revolutionaries And Tories. They Have Been Revolutionaries And Tories Regardless Of The Labels Of The Past And Present. Regardless Of Whether They Were Federalists, Democrat-republicans, Whigs, Know-nothings, Free Soilers, Unionists Or Confederates, Populists, Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, Communists, Or Progressives. They Have Been And Are Profiteers And Patriots. They Have Been And Are Conservatives, Liberals, And Radicals.