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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.

February 3, 2025

1 year ago

Revolution: n., a bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed.

August 16, 2025

12 months ago

There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.

March 21, 2025

1 year ago

[Of two fellow congressmen] They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

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