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.

April 21, 2025

2 years ago

Politics, n. strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles

December 28, 2025

10 months ago

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

August 14, 2025

1 year ago

[Notice kept on his desk while working on his biography of Lord Mountbatten] Remember.

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