Morton Blackwell Quotes

#1. Don't fully trust anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing.

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#2. Sound doctrine is sound politics.

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#3. Promptly report your action to the one who requested it.

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#4. You can't save the world if you can't pay the rent.

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#5. In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.

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#6. Expand the leadership.

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#7. To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense

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#8. The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure.

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#9. Make the opponents' goal more expensive than it's worth.

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#10. Keep your eye on the main chance and don't stop to kick every barking dog.

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#11. Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no.

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#12. Don't get mad except on purpose.

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#13. Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics.

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#14. The test of moral ideas is moral results.

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#15. Actions have consequences.

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#16. Winners aren't perfect. They made fewer mistakes than their rivals.

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#17. Effort is admirable. Achievement is valuable.

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#18. You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.

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#19. Don't treat good guys like you treat bad guys.

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#20. Never miss a political meeting if you think there's the slightest chance you'll wish you'd been there.

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#21. One big reason is better than many little reasons.

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#22. In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy.

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#23. A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.

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#24. The winner in a political contest is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists on the respective sides.

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#25. In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed.

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#26. A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.

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