11th commandment

created by Brynn
(idea) by Brynn (?) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:01:24
"Thou Shalt Not Get Caught"
From Robert A. Heinlein (through his character Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long - see The Notebooks of Lazarus Long or Time Enough for Love).
(idea) by pingouin (4.5 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:01:24
Coined by Ronald Reagan, at the press conference announcing his (ill-fated) 1976 presidential bid: "Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican". But, come to think of it, many later Reagan Administration officials ran afoul of Heinlein's version ("thou shalt not get caught"), though somehow Reagan ended up a saint and Oliver North ended up a talk show stud. The twin poster boys of Teflon.
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