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The cry of the Have-Nots has never been "give us our hearts," but always "get off our backs"; they ask not for love but for breathing space.

— Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (1971)

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The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends is that any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.

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The twelfth rule: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.

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The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means.

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