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.

November 18, 2025

11 months ago

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising.

January 13, 2025

2 years ago

Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness.

August 20, 2025

1 year ago

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

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