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 2, 2025

8 months ago

Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal

March 27, 2025

9 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

10 months ago

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

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