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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.

April 7, 2025

11 months ago

What is truth? We must adopt a pragmatic definition: it is what is believed to be true.

December 23, 2025

2 months ago

Few revolutionists would be such if they were heirs to a baronetcy.

October 24, 2025

4 months ago

[On dealing with the Royal Family] I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

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