Actions have consequences.

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

A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.

Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no.

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

In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy.

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