The Third Rule Of Ethics

The Democratic Ideal Springs From The Ideas Of Liberty, Equality, Majority Rule Through Free Elections, Protection Of The Rights Of Minorities, And Freedom To Subscribe To Multiple Loyalties In Matters Of Religion, Economics, And Politics Rather Than To A Total Loyalty To The State. The Spirit Of Democracy Is The Idea Of Importance And Worth In The Individual, And Faith In The Kind Of World Where The Individual Can Achieve As Much Of His Potential As Possible.

Men Don't Like To Step Abruptly Out Of The Security Of Familiar Experience; They Need A Bridge To Cross From Their Own Experience To A New Way. A Revolutionary Organizer Must Shake Up The Prevailing Patterns Of Their Lives - Agitate, Create Disenchantment And Discontent With The Current Values, To Produce, If Not A Passion For Change, At Least A Passive, Affirmative, Non-challenging Climate.

They Have The Guns And Therefore We Are For Peace And For Reformation Through The Ballot. When We Have The Guns Then It Will Be Through The Bullet.

A Free And Open Society Is An Ongoing Conflict, Interrupted Periodically By Compromises.

It Should Be Borne In Mind That The Target Is Always Trying To Shift Responsibility To Get Out Of Being The Target. There Is A Constant Squirming And Moving And Strategy . . . On The Part Of The Designated Target. The Forces For Change Must Keep This In Mind And Pin That Target Down Securely. If An Organization Permits Responsibility To Be Diffused And Distributed In A Number Of Areas, Attack Becomes Impossible.