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.

March 19, 2025

2 years ago

Simplicity rarely loses to complexity in battles in the public square.

February 20, 2025

2 years ago

You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometime you have to be evasive.

October 30, 2025

12 months ago

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

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