“The job of the organizer is to create a situation where the people can make a decision.”— Stokely Carmichael
“The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use.”— Ella Baker
“You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come.”— Ella Baker
“The future of the labor movement depends upon its ability to organize the unorganized.”— Lane Kirkland