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.

June 30, 2025

8 months ago

No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.

October 26, 2025

4 months ago

Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live

June 5, 2025

9 months ago

It is a great folly to offend many if you only want to insult one man.

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