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 2, 2025

9 months ago

[I occupy] the extreme right-wing edge of the left-wing movement.

June 8, 2025

7 months ago

Democracy is the process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

January 10, 2025

12 months ago

Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail…In the long run of history,

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