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.

November 4, 2025

4 months ago

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master.

December 15, 2025

2 months ago

If you want to know the depth and meanness of Human Nature, you have got to be a prime minister running a general election.

December 18, 2025

2 months ago

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

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