Expand the leadership.

Keep a secure home base.

Actions have consequences.

Don't get mad except on purpose.

Sound doctrine is sound politics.

The test of moral ideas is moral results.

Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no.

Effort is admirable. Achievement is valuable.

In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed.

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

Political technology determines political success.

One big reason is better than many little reasons.

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

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

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

Promptly report your action to the one who requested it.

Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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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