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.

December 10, 2025

11 months ago

There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

October 27, 2025

1 year ago

Few things are as immutable as the addiction of political groups to the ideas by which they have once won office.

September 21, 2025

1 year ago

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

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