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.

November 12, 2025

12 months ago

Humming, Hawing and Hesitation are the three Graces of contemporary Parliamentary oratory.

December 19, 2025

10 months ago

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river.

April 1, 2025

2 years ago

The majority never has right on its side. Never I say! That is one of the social lies that a free

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