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.

October 30, 2025

4 months ago

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

May 4, 2025

10 months ago

There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

June 24, 2025

8 months ago

A politician was a person with whose politics you did not agree. When you did agree, he was a statesman.

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