John Alsop, who supposedly popularized the word "egghead", also formulated "Alsop's Law of Politics": In politics it is important to say "most oranges are round

John Alsop, who supposedly popularized the word "egghead", also formulated "Alsop's Law of Politics": In politics it is important to say "most oranges are round, and sound as if you mean it. Alsop managed one of Eisenhower's campaigns in Connecticut: Eisenhower, of course, had the advantage of running against Adlai Stevenson, who was unable to keep from going on to say that actually oranges are not really spherical, that though generally round they are elongated in one direction, then there's the thickened area around the stem etc. (Alsop also said "The eggheads are all for Stevenson, but how many eggheads are there?")