It is best if your guerrilla band can be made up of people who have known each other previously and who already respect each other’s ability and loyalty. Unfortunately this is not always possible. So long as personal existence is possible most people will try to "exist" under the yoke of slavery. Only here and there will you find a person with the courage and conviction to join in active resistance against the enemy.

The communists are well aware of these facts. They are constantly trying to ferment distrust among the peoples of the free world. Even here, in the United States many intelligent and responsible people are losing confidence in each other-- in their law enforcement agencies and in their government itself. This is not said with the intention of being hypercritical. It is merely a statement of fact.

Hardly a week goes by without the newspapers reporting an expose of pay-offs, dishonesty, and outright banditry by police officers or police departments somewhere in the United States. Is it any wonder that many young people lose respect for the law?

During the past twenty-five years our nation's "foreign policy" has repeatedly played right into the communists hands. As a result one free nation after another has been handed to the communists on a silver platter. Time and time again these "mistakes" have been concealed from the people or have been "white-washed" by persons in high government office. How can anyone blame the American public for beginning to wonder?”

“One way for an individual, guerrilla band or resistance movement to die a quick and sure death is to attract undue attention to itself prematurely. The most effective underground movements are unknown to the enemy until they have
enough strength and support to inflict damage on the enemy and to sustain their continuance.

"Premature commitment is the finest help the resistance can give the enemy --- in his effort to liquidate those who would fight. Regardless of the temptation to rush into combat with all that is available in weapons and manpower --- this desire
must be resisted.

"In other words, the ability to keep out of the clutches of the enemy secret police or agents is the first primary mission of the resistor--- in so far as basic personal security is concerned.”

“Recruiting is one of the most important activities of a resistance movement. The over-all efficiency of the organization--perhaps its ultimate success or failure depends on the quality of its personnel. The quality of personnel depends, in turn, on the efficiency of recruiting methods.

A resistance movement cannot remain static. There will be losses, causalities, and perhaps defections. New members must be obtained to fill the vacancies and keep the organization growing. Without constant recruiting a resistance movement
must ultimately wither away. With proper recruiting it can eventually grow to such a size that ultimate victory is possible.

Recruiting can also be a very hazardous activity-- especially under totalitarian forms of government or during enemy occupation. The history of past underground armies in other countries demonstrates this fact most vividly. The one thing that most often led to their destruction was the penetration by hostile elements that infiltrated their ranks as new recruits.”

Robert DePugh ...Founder of the Minutemen 1961