12th March 2010

Swanson’s Law

Claude Swanson

When the water reaches the upper deck, follow the rats.

Claude Swanson, a cabinet member under Franklin D. Roosevelt, generally gets credit for devising this law, perhaps because he was secretary of the navy.


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