Question: Hi Lyn, I'm an organizer in Philadelphia, and  I'm returning from a success in Detroit. The question I want to ask, well--I want to tell you that things are moving ahead. And you can see the takeover of Michigan, and the population is shifting, in taking in these ideas and beginning to look at them more seriously; even with what's going on in the campuses and what's not going on in the Democratic Party, we're making progress.

Now, the thing that I noticed was a waxing and a waning of attention span, or an understanding of the mission-orientation; or, not necessarily a lack of understanding of these principles, but of an inability to communicate these ideas. And, I was wondering, from the standpoint of a military professional, how were these ideas addressed, perhaps by the people around Grant, or General MacArthur; how they were able to inspire, in the officer corps, a constant--like when you get up in the morning, the thing in your mind, "All right, I know what I'm going to do. I'm sharp. I'm ready to go." How were they able to sort of, get the individual personality self-motivated, I guess is the word?

LaRouche: Ha-ha! In the military? Oh boy! It never worked that way! It worked--I did some training a little: You got 'em out in the morning, and the motivation developed as they moved! [laughing]  The idea that you have to sit around waiting for the motivation to descend upon you, like the spirit--it doesn't happen that way.  Sometimes you'll get up, full of vinegar and so forth, but, generally the way things are moved in the military, and among great commanders--they don't get up, because they want to get up. They get up, because they have to get up! They get out, because they have to get out! They move, because they move each other. There's no special, magical recipe.

Life is determined, not by what "I'm in the mood for"; it's not like sex, or something; you know, "I'm not in the mood for it, now." If you get that approach to organizing, you're not going to be very successful. Because you actually get out, and plunge into the situation. And, as you plunge into the challenge of the situation, then the challenge evokes motivation in you.

So, what you do is, you just go out and show it. And, the motivation will come to you, if you're open to it. But, as far as getting started, today--someone says, "we have trouble getting started," you say, "I got a boot! You want me to kick?" That's how it was done in the military.

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