Quotes Library

May 8, 2025

Diplomacy is about surviving till the next century—politics is about surviving till Friday afternoon.

Jonathan Lyn (1943- ) and Antony Jay (1930–2016) British writers, Yes, Prime Minister, vol. 1 (1986), Jay p.235

What your batting average on this score?

Yes, Friday afternoon, when you can get out of town after quietly issuing some bad news press release.

March 31, 2025

11 months ago

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

August 11, 2025

7 months ago

We are here to consult the interests and not to obey the will of the people, if we honestly believe that will conflicts with those interests.

November 28, 2025

3 months ago

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

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