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> [“Politically we feel alienated, rejected, and hopeless. The chasm between the people and their political representatives has widened to a terrifying degree. In a political vacuum we become increasingly vulnerable to a seizure from the far right. We know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/politically-we-feel-alienated-rejected-and-hopeless-the-chasm-between/)

[Saul D. Alinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-d-alinsky/)

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## More by Saul D. Alinsky

> [“To face the days ahead we must ask two questions: first, "Where are we?" and second, "Where do we go from here?" We Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/to-face-the-days-ahead-we-must-ask-two-questions-first-where-are-we/)

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> [“Some say it’s no coincidence that the question mark is an inverted plow, breaking up the hard soil of old beliefs and preparing for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/some-say-it-s-no-coincidence-that-the-question-mark-is-an-inverted/)

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> [“Today everything is so complex as to be incomprehensible. What sense does it make for men to walk on the moon while other men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/today-everything-is-so-complex-as-to-be-incomprehensible-what-sense/)

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> [“I suggest that those who live in the past don't want a confrontation with the present. I believe that white Americans welcome the present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/i-suggest-that-those-who-live-in-the-past-don-t-want-a-confrontation/)

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> [“Senility is a relinquishment of life as it is in the here and now and the taking of refuge into the security and familiarity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/senility-is-a-relinquishment-of-life-as-it-is-in-the-here-and-now-and/)

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> [“The road to fascism and dictatorship is paved with apathy, hopelessness, frustration, futility, and despair in the masses of people. It is this fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/the-road-to-fascism-and-dictatorship-is-paved-with-apathy/)

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> [“The great American dream that reached out to the stars has been lost to the stripes. We have forgotten where we came from, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/the-great-american-dream-that-reached-out-to-the-stars-has-been-lost/)

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> [“History is made up of "moral" judgments based on politics. We condemned Lenin's acceptance of money from the Germans in 1917 but were discreetly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/history-is-made-up-of-moral-judgments-based-on-politics-we-condemned/)

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> [“You regard yourself as tolerant, and in that one adjective you most fittingly describe yourself. You really don’t like people you tolerate them. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/you-regard-yourself-as-tolerant-and-in-that-one-adjective-you-most/)

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> [“In the world as it is, man moves primarily because of self-interest. In the world as it is, the right things are usually done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/in-the-world-as-it-is-man-moves-primarily-because-of-self-interest-in/)

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> [“Process tells us how. Purpose tells us why. But in reality, it is academic to draw a line between them, they are part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/process-tells-us-how-purpose-tells-us-why-but-in-reality-it-is/)

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> [“Politically we feel alienated, rejected, and hopeless. The chasm between the people and their political representatives has widened to a terrifying degree. In a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/politically-we-feel-alienated-rejected-and-hopeless-the-chasm-between/)

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