29th July 2010

O’Neill’s Rule

Tip O'Neill

All politics is local.

Former speaker of the house Tip O’Neill used this saying in the title of a memoir that he wrote with the help of Gary Hymel - All Politics Is Local: And Other Rules of the Game (1993). Among O’Neill’s other rules:

1. No contribution is too small.
2. Avoid bunk.
3. To be a successful public speaker, memorise poetry.
4. Never be introduced at a sporting event; the crowd will only boo.
5. Remember names.
6. Tip well.


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