One big reason is better than many little reasons.
One big reason is better than many little reasons.
In moments of crisis, the initiative passes to those who are best prepared.
A well-run movement takes care of its own.
A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I. O. U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.
Don't fire all your ammunition at once.
Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics.
Give 'em a title and get 'em involved.
You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.
Personnel is policy.
Winners aren't perfect. They made fewer mistakes than their rivals.
Remember it's a long ball game.
Better a snake in the grass than a viper in your bosom.
Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good.
Hire at least as many to the right of you as to the left of you.
'Pray as if it all depended on God work as if it all depended on you.'
Don't get mad except on purpose.
In politics, you have your word and your friends go back on either and you're dead.
Keep a secure home base.
Actions have consequences.
Expand the leadership.
Make the opponents' goal more expensive than it's worth.
Promptly report your action to the one who requested it.
Remember the other side has troubles too.
You can't beat a plan with no plan.
Sound doctrine is sound politics.
Governing is campaigning by different means.
In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed.
Choose your enemies as carefully as you choose your friends.
The test of moral ideas is moral results.
A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.
Don't fully trust anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing.
Don't rely on being given anything you don't ask for.
You can't save the world if you can't pay the rent.
Effort is admirable. Achievement is valuable.
Keep your eye on the main chance and don't stop to kick every barking dog.
All gains are incremental some increments aren't gains.
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure.
Never miss a political meeting if you think there's the slightest chance you'll wish you'd been there.
Political technology determines political success.
Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no.
In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy.
Don't treat good guys like you treat bad guys.
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