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 24, 2025

9 months ago

[On dealing with the Royal Family] I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

April 24, 2025

1 year ago

Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it

March 11, 2025

1 year ago

Finality is not the language of politics.

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