The Price Of A Successful Attack Is

The End Is What You Want, The Means Is How You Get It. Whenever We Think About Social Change, The Question Of Means And Ends Arises. The Man Of Action Views The Issue Of Means And Ends In Pragmatic And Strategic Terms. He Has No Other Problem; He Thinks Only Of His Actual Resources And The Possibilities Of Various Choices Of Action. He Asks Of Ends Only Whether They Are Achievable And Worth The Cost; Of Means, Only Whether They Will Work. ... The Real Arena Is Corrupt And Bloody.

As An Organizer I Start From Where The World Is, As It Is, Not As I Would Like It To Be. That We Accept The World As It Is Does Not In Any Sense Weaken Our Desire To Change It Into What We Believe It Should Be - It Is Necessary To Begin Where The World Is If We Are Going To Change It To What We Think It Should Be.

The Only People Who Become Disillusioned Are People Who Have Illusions.

It Is A Sad Fact Of Life That Power And Fear Are The Fountainheads Of Faith.

Always Remember The First Rule Of Power Tactics; Power Is Not Only What You Have But What The Enemy Thinks You Have.