Robert Anton Wilson died recently, and like many artists, it drew my attention more than had been paid in the past and I stumbled over Celine's Laws.

They're entertaining, but seem to me, particularly the second, to have good applicability.

1. National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity.
2. Accurate communication is possible only in a non-punishing situation.
3. An honest politician is a national calamity.

Celine's Laws