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.

August 31, 2025

11 months ago

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.

November 10, 2025

9 months ago

No one is decently treated in poor clothes.

October 20, 2025

9 months ago

Universal suffrage [i.e., votes for all adult men and women] is the government of a house by its nursery.

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