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 20, 2025

1 year ago

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

April 29, 2025

1 year ago

The market-place is a place set aside where men may deceive and overreach each other.

April 1, 2025

2 years ago

The majority never has right on its side. Never I say! That is one of the social lies that a free

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