I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it. – Studs Terkel
Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence – providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. – Studs Terkel
Thats why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. Its like a tonic. – Studs Terkel
If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have. – Studs Terkel
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. Its about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And its about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules. – Tom Peters