Don't get mad except on purpose.

- Morton Blackwell

In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed.

- Morton Blackwell

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

- Morton Blackwell

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

- Morton Blackwell

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

- Morton Blackwell

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

- Morton Blackwell

Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics.

- Morton Blackwell

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

- Morton Blackwell

Actions have consequences.

- Morton Blackwell