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 6, 2025

8 months ago

Our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past

January 12, 2025

12 months ago

It is a great error to speak of the things of this world absolutely and indiscriminately and to deal with them,

February 20, 2025

10 months ago

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

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