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.

May 27, 2025

1 year ago

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

June 21, 2025

1 year ago

As with sailing, so with politics: make your cloth too taut and the ship will dip and keel

March 18, 2025

2 years ago

It’s 90 per cent of the politicians who give the other 10 per cent a bad name.

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