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.

May 1, 2025

1 year ago

Capitalism, as an institutional arrangement, has been singularly devoid of plausible myths.

July 3, 2025

1 year ago

Every government is a device by which a few control the actions of many…on both sides at the moment

August 27, 2025

1 year ago

If…a rulership aims not at the common good of the multitude, but at the private good of the ruler, it will be an unjust and perverted rulership.

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