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.

September 29, 2025

1 year ago

Always deny what you don’t want to be known, and always affirm what you want to be believed.

May 21, 2025

1 year ago

There never was any government so purely popular, as not to require the exclusion of the poor

March 8, 2025

2 years ago

A government needs one hundred soldiers for every guerrilla it faces.

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