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.

September 15, 2025

5 months ago

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong—but that is the way to bet.

October 20, 2025

4 months ago

Universal suffrage [i.e., votes for all adult men and women] is the government of a house by its nursery.

March 4, 2025

12 months ago

Every country has the government it deserves.

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