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.

October 14, 2025

10 months ago

Speak well, but speak little.

July 5, 2025

1 year ago

There is but one way for a newspaperman to look at a politician, and that is down.

June 30, 2025

1 year ago

No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.

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