Effort is admirable. Achievement is valuable..

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

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

Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no..

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..

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

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

Keep a secure home base..

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

Political technology determines political success..

Sound doctrine is sound politics..

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

One big reason is better than many little reasons..

Expand the leadership..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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