Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste

The Democratic Ideal Springs From The Ideas Of Liberty, Equality, Majority Rule Through Free Elections, Protection Of The Rights Of Minorities, And Freedom To Subscribe To Multiple Loyalties In Matters Of Religion, Economics, And Politics Rather Than To A Total Loyalty To The State. The Spirit Of Democracy Is The Idea Of Importance And Worth In The Individual, And Faith In The Kind Of World Where The Individual Can Achieve As Much Of His Potential As Possible.

An Organizer Working In And For An Open Society Is In An Ideological Dilemma To Begin With, He Does Not Have A Fixed Truth - Truth To Him Is Relative And Changing; Everything To Him Is Relative And Changing.... To The Extent That He Is Free From The Shackles Of Dogma, He Can Respond To The Realities Of The Widely Different Situations.

Change Comes From Power, And Power Comes From Organization. In Order To Act, People Must Get Together.

We Must Face The Bitter Fact That We Have Forsaken Our Great Dream Of A Life Of, For, And By The People; That The Burning Passions And Ideals Of The American Dream Lie Congealed By Cold Cynicism. Great Parts Of The Masses Of Our People No Longer Believe That They Have A Voice Or A Hand In Shaping The Destiny Of This Nation. They Have Not Forsaken Democracy Because Of Any Desire Or Positive Action Of Their Own; They Have Been Driven Down Into The Depths Of A Great Despair Born Of Frustration, Hopelessness, And Apathy. A Democracy Lacking In Popular Participation Dies Of Paralysis.

Keep The Pressure On, With Different Tactics And Actions, And Utilize All Events Of The Period For Your Purpose.