Power Just Goes To Two Poles —

Do You Like People? Most People Claim That They Like People With, Of Course, A "few Exceptions." When The Exceptions Are Added Together It Becomes Clear That They Include A Vast Majority Of The People. It Becomes Equally Clear That Most People Like Just A Few People, Their Kind Of People, And Either Do Not Actively Care For Or Actively Dislike Most Of The "other" People.

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.

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

Once You Accept Your Own Death, All Of A Sudden You're Free To Live. You No Longer Care About Your Reputation. You No Longer Care Except So Far As Your Life Can Be Used Tactically To Promote A Cause You Believe In.

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.