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Saul Alinsky

"Lest we forget at least an over the shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins - or which is which), the very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer."

Source : Saul Alinsky (2010). “Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals”, p.9, Vintage

Saul Alinsky

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“Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.”

Source : "How the NSA and FBI foil weak oversight" by Yochai Benkler, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2013.
“Confidence isn't something you prove to people, it's something that comes off from who you are and how you represent yourself.”
“Love is pointless. It’s the same sad sad story of with the same inevitable ending of miserable deterioration.”
“The law is not abstract, impartially arbitrating between conflicting social classes; it is a tool in the hands of those who govern.”
“There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.”
“Look at me!" I roar. "Do you think you'll be the first I've killed today? I wasn't a murderer, but you changed me. I'm a monster now. And I'm hungry." "Meera!" Anotoine whines. "Prae! Please, I beg you. You're civilised people. Help me!" "We can't," Prae says coldly. "Even if we wanted to - and personally I have no problem with him gutting you - we couldn't. He's not ours to control. He's one of your specimens. You helped create him - now you have to deal with him”
“Empires are not brought down by outside forces, they are destroyed by weaknesses from within.”
“It was a pretty posh place. They were so used to fur coats that two bears strolled in and ordered lunch and nobody even noticed.”

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