Once You Accept Your Own Death, All

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.

From The Moment The Organizer Enters A Community He Lives, Dreams... Only One Thing And That Is To Build The Mass Power Base Of What He Calls The Army. Until He Has Developed That Mass Power Base, He Confronts No Major Issues.... Until He Has Those Means And Power Instruments, His Tactics Are Very Different From Power Tactics. Therefore, Every Move Revolves Around One Central Point: How Many Recruits Will This Bring Into The Organization, Whether By Means Of Local Organizations, Churches, Service Groups, Labor Unions, Corner Gangs, Or As Individuals.

Our World Has Always Had Two Kinds Of Changers, The Social Changers And The Money Changers.

Power Just Goes To Two Poles — To Those Who've Got Money, And Those Who've Got People.

Change Means Movement. Movement Means Friction. Only In The Frictionless Vacuum Of A Nonexistent Abstract World Can Movement Or Change Occur Without That Abrasive Friction Of Conflict.