^The three rules listed below are by no means exhaustive; they are merely the first leads to the understanding of a vast subject.^

^1. In any conflict between two men (or two groups) who hold the same basic principles, it is the more consistent one who wins.^

^2. In any collaboration between two men (or two groups) who hold different basic principles, it is the more evil or irrational one who wins.^

^3. When opposite basic principles are clearly and openly defined, it works to the advantage of the rational side; when they are not clearly defined, but are hidden or evaded, it works to the advantage of the irrational side.^

- "The Anatomy of Compromise" by Ayn Rand

Apply as needed.