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.

January 11, 2025

2 years ago

A majority is always the best repartee. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British prime minister and novelist, Tancred (1847),

February 24, 2025

2 years ago

They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, or something to be done with some

February 2, 2025

2 years ago

Better is the enemy of good.

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