Saul D. Alinsky

(1909–1972) Activist

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Saul D. Alinsky was an activist.

Quick Facts About Saul D. Alinsky

Born: January 30, 1909
Died: June 12, 1972
Profession: Activist

About Saul D. Alinsky

[Wikidata] American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)... | [Wikipedia] Saul David Alinsky was an American community activist and political theorist. His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians, bankers and business leaders won him national recognition and notoriety. Respon

Quotes 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?"…

Saul D. Alinsky

Activism

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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…

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Faith

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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…

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Freedom

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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…

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African americans

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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…

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Cybersecurity

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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…

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Activism

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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…

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American dream

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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…

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History

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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…

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Describe yourself

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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…

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Actions

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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…

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Process

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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.…

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Alienation

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