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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.

March 27, 2025

11 months ago

[On David Steel, Leader of the Liberal Party] He’s passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.

February 27, 2025

12 months ago

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

October 31, 2025

4 months ago

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

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