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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.

August 30, 2025

6 months ago

Since a rational creature cannot be supposed, when free, to put himself in subjection to another for his own harm

October 18, 2025

4 months ago

Take our politicians: they’re a bunch of yo-yos.

December 11, 2025

2 months ago

The Bill of Rights was not ordained by nature or god. It’s very human, very fragile.

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