(Bill) Clinton’s Laws of Politics
Bill Clinton
1. Always be introduced by someone you’ve appointed to high office.
2. When you’re starting to have a good time, you’re supposed to be someplace else.
3. There is no such thing as enough money.
4. If someone tells you it’s not a money problem, it’s someone else’s problem.
5. When someone tells you it’s not personal, they’re fixing to stick it to you.
6. Nearly everyone will lie to you given the right circumstance.
Dirksen’s Three Laws of Politics
Everett McKinley Dirksen
1. Get elected.
2. Get re-elected.
3. Don’t get mad get even.
Krauthammer’s Tirana Index
Charles Krauthammer
The higher the vote any government wins in an election, the more tyrannical it is.
Morrow’s Law
Dwight W. Morrow
The candidate who takes the credit for the rain gets the blame for the drought.
O’Neill’s Rule
Tip O'Neill
All politics is local.
Rayburn’s First Law
Sam Rayburn
When you get too big a majority you’re immediately in trouble.
Rench’s Law
J. F. Rench
While the people who run political campaigns complain most about their shortage of money the first thing they run out of is time . . . to listen and to think.
Reston’s Observation
James Reston
All politics however are based on the indifference of the majority.
Wilson’s Law
Woodrow Wilson
Never murder a man who is committing suicide.
Baer’s Quartet
Eugene W. Baer
What’s good politics is bad economics; what’s bad politics is good economics; what’s good economics is bad politics; what’s bad economics is good politics.
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