Advice To Bush

Had you started your presidency as you are now ending it, by showing some pragmatism wrt diplomacy ands listening to sensible advice, you would be ending your presidency as you began it (ie with pride and confidence about the future).

Dignity

Whilst it is sometimes possible to arrange to die with dignity, it is not always possible to live with dignity.

Crowns

A crown is more glorious to those who see it, than those who wear it.

Advice To Government Logo Designers

Don't give up your day job.

Sign Posts

Better to be a sign post than a weather cock.

Gordon Brown take note!

Feet of Lead

When in haste walk with feet of lead, in case you stumble.

Heroes and Tyrants

In the age of heroes and tyrants, the true heroes are the ordinary people who get on with their lives in spite of all that happens around them.

Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers tend to try to whistle to their own tune.

Advice To US Presidential Candidates

Stop fighting the Vietnam war.

Disengaged Directors

Directors who absent themselves (either physically and mentally), on a regular basis, from the decision making process of the board have no right to hold office.

Political Nukes

Ex politicians and diplomats, who rant and rave on the sidelines at the policies pursued by their replacements, should remember that once they have lobbed thier "political nuke" they have nothing else to use.

Knowledge

Knowledge is only of value if you have the courage to use it.

Turnover vs Profit

Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity.

Advice To Presidential Candidates

Don't insult or patronise your potential voters, before they have cast their vote.

Advice To US Presidential Candidates

Learn the difference between Sunnis and Shias.

Salvation

Save us from those who try to save us, they invariably cause more damage and harm by their "well intentioned" actions.

Advice To Prime Ministers

People cannot pay their bills using economic/growth statistics from the past.

Boycotts

Those who advocate boycotts should first stop buying the products of those countries/organisations that they want to boycott.

Power

The strong do not need power, the weak are corrupted by it.

Advice To Generals

Don't answer hypothetical questions about nuclear war in open session.

Advice To Former Prime Ministers

Don't bring religion into politics.

Advice To Hillary Clinton

Pay your debts, especially those owed to small traders who have provided you with offices and catering during your ongoing campaign.

Treating the small trader in the high handed manner that you have been doing, will come back to bite you.