Top 28 Quotes & Sayings by Morton Blackwell
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American activist Morton Blackwell.
Last updated on April 16, 2025.
A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.
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 care.
Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no.
Don't fully trust anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing.
Expand the leadership.
Promptly report your action to the one who requested it.
Don't treat good guys like you treat bad guys.
Don't get mad except on purpose.
Keep your eye on the main chance and don't stop to kick every barking dog.
Never miss a political meeting if you think there's the slightest chance you'll wish you'd been there.
Effort is admirable. Achievement is valuable.
The winner in a political contest is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists on the respective sides.
In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy.
In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed.
In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.
Political technology determines political success.
Make the opponents' goal more expensive than it's worth.
Sound doctrine is sound politics.
To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense
Winners aren't perfect. They made fewer mistakes than their rivals.
You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.
Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics.
Keep a secure home base.
The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure.
One big reason is better than many little reasons.
The test of moral ideas is moral results.
You can't save the world if you can't pay the rent.
A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.
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