The thirteenth rule of radical tactics: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
I learned about community organizing from my parents. As a child, their stories were so instructive. — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
Michelle and Barack [Obama] epitomize what my father set the stage for - they epitomize global community organizing. I'm a global child,… — Malaak Shabazz Copy Share Image
It is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should… — Saul Copy Share Image
What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Baltimore is a beautiful city. I started doing a lot of community organizing back in 1999 and met so many great people… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it. — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
Hopefully folks will look at the good things that I've done over the years, you know, my 10 years in Congress, my… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
[Barack] Obama isn't pointing to anyone, and certainly doesn't like it when others note (correctly) that his influences were the likes of… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
“The big organizing model that can fuel revolutions believes that communities are filled with talented and intelligent people who understand what is… — Becky Bond Copy Share Image
I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as an organizer, we don't wait for people to come… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common,… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If you look at history, every major realignment in our politics is a joining together of a new generation and emerging technologies.… — David Gergen Copy Share Image
All the eight years of [Barack] Obama when [George W.] Bush was asked repeatedly, "I don't do that. I had my time.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Obama’s formative background is the left-wing fever swamp of Chicago “community organizing,” a gussied-up term for systematic rabble-rousing that has now become… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“public statements condemning segregation, sharply worded telegrams to Washington, and meetings with White House officials—were demonstrably ineffectual. New and more dramatic measures… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“When I started doing community organizing in Boston's neighborhoods, working on all the issues that had affected my family - violence, poverty,… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“Michelle and Barack [Obama] epitomize what my father set the stage for - they epitomize global community organizing. I'm a global child, I was raised a global child, and he's a global child.” quote by Malaak Shabazz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e03/malaak-shabazz-35523_barack_michelle-and-barack-obama-epitomize-what_1505685.jpg)
![“[Barack] Obama isn't pointing to anyone, and certainly doesn't like it when others note (correctly) that his influences were the likes of Saul Alinsky, the Chicagoan and modern founder of community organizing, or Frank Marshall Davis, the communist journalist and agitator from Chicago who mentored…” quote by Paul Kengor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b0a/paul-kengor-14302_acknowledge_barack-obama-isn-t-pointing-to-anyone-an_1938904.jpg)
![“All the eight years of [Barack] Obama when [George W.] Bush was asked repeatedly, "I don't do that. I had my time. It's his time now." The protocols and the history, the traditions say that past presidents don't comment. That didn't work for Bill Clinton. He couldn't help himself. Obama is not…” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad3/rush-limbaugh-28_administration_all-the-eight-years-of-barack-obama-when_1349047.jpg)
![“I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into community organizing. What stuck was to reveal the sacredness of ordinary people's lives. That everybody has a story. And I think Studs is terrific at drawing out that…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8d7/barack-obama-17_community_i-remember-reading-studs-terkel-s-workin_3056170.jpg)