Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to avoid being trapped by their own tactics and forced to travel a road not of their choosing. In short, radicals must have a degree of control over the flow of events.

If the ends don't justify the means, what does?

It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event, you are not even a failure. You're just not there.

Saul Alinsky Quotes