Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism illustrates the extent to which the conservative revolution percolated up from the bottom: «
without grassroots activists to give political substance and energy to conservative ideas, conservatism as a political movement would have remained largely the province of a handful of writers.
We have to act together in any and all capacities that we can, whether as
grassroots groups, community organizations, charities, unions,
activists, universities and, most of all, as citizens,
without asking for permission or waiting for public funding.