Marcy’s Law
William Learned Marcy
To the victor belong the spoils.
McGeary’s Law
W. R. McGeary
The more noise a man or a motor makes, the less power there is available.
McGovern’s Law
George McGovern
The longer the title, the less important the job.
McNaughton’s Rule
John McNaughton
Any argument worth making within a bureaucracy must be capable of being expressed in a simple declarative sentence that is obviously true once stated.
Mencken’s First Law
H. L. Mencken
No man ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
Morrow’s Law
Dwight W. Morrow
The candidate who takes the credit for the rain gets the blame for the drought.
Mrs. Parkinson’s Law
Anon
Heat produced by pressure expands to fill the mind available, from which it can pass only to a cooler mind.
Napoleon’s Law
Napoleon Bonaparte
From the sublime to the ridiculous, there is only one step.
Nehru’s Law
Jawaharlal Nehru
Even in politics, an evil action has evil consequences. That, I believe, is the law of Nature as precise as any law of physics or chemistry.
Nies’s Law
John Nies
The effort expended by a bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.
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