ThursdayMay 21, 2026
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32. A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.
45. Pray as if it all depended on God; work as if it all depended on you.
44. Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics.
43. Promptly report your action to the one who requested it.
42. 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.
41. In moments of crisis, the initiative passes to those who are best prepared.
40. One big reason is better than many little reasons.
39. Winners aren't perfect. They made fewer mistakes than their rivals.
38. In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed.
37. Don't rely on being given anything you don't ask for.
36. Keep a secure home base.
35. Choose your enemies as carefully as you choose your friends.
34. You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.
33. Governing is campaigning by different means.
31. Don't fully trust anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing.
30. Better a snake in the grass than a viper in your bosom.
29. You can't beat somebody with nobody.
28. The test of moral ideas is moral results.
27. Remember it's a long ball game.
26. Personnel is policy.
25. The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure.
24. Actions have consequences.
23. In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy.
22. Never miss a political meeting if you think there's the slightest chance you'll wish you'd been there.
21. An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
20. A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.
19. All gains are incremental; some increments aren't gains.
18. You can't save the world if you can't pay the rent.
17. Hire at least as many to the right of you as to the left of you.
16. A well-run movement takes care of its own.
15. Don't treat good guys like you treat bad guys.
14. Remember the other side has troubles too.
13. Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good.
12. Keep your eye on the main chance and don't stop to kick every barking dog.
11. In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.
10. Sound doctrine is sound politics.
9. Political technology determines political success.
8. You can't beat a plan with no plan.
7. Expand the leadership.
6. Give 'em a title and get 'em involved.
5. Make the opponents' goal more expensive than it's worth.
4. Effort is admirable. Achievement is valuable.
3. Don't get mad except on purpose.
2. Don't fire all your ammunition at once.
1. Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no.
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