You Cannot Meet Today's Crisis Tomorrow.

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.

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.

The Most Unethical Of All Means Is The Non-use Of Any Means.

One Acts Decisively Only In The Conviction That All The Angels Are On One Side And All The Devils On The Other.

Ridicule Is Man's Most Potent Weapon. It Is Almost Impossible To Counterattack Ridicule. Also It Infuriates The Opposition, Who Then React To Your Advantage.