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.

October 15, 2025

10 months ago

Nothing is so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.

June 21, 2025

1 year ago

As with sailing, so with politics: make your cloth too taut and the ship will dip and keel

July 23, 2025

1 year ago

Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.

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