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 21, 2025

7 months ago

Scratch any American and underneath you’ll find an isolationist.

June 1, 2025

1 year ago

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance

November 29, 2025

8 months ago

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

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