Morton Blackwell Quotes
- Don't fully trust anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing.
- Politics is of the heart as well as of the mind. Many people don't care how much you know until they know how much you…
- Expand the leadership.
- Winners aren't perfect. They made fewer mistakes than their rivals.
- You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.
- In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.
- A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.
- To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense
- Never miss a political meeting if you think there's the slightest chance you'll wish you'd been there.
- Keep your eye on the main chance and don't stop to kick every barking dog.
- Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no.
- The winner in a political contest is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists on the respective sides.
- Don't treat good guys like you treat bad guys.
- Keep a secure home base.
- You can't save the world if you can't pay the rent.
- The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure.
- Political technology determines political success.
- Don't get mad except on purpose.
- One big reason is better than many little reasons.
- Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics.