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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 3, 2025

5 months ago

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

December 13, 2025

2 months ago

Though we cannot out-vote them we will out-argue them.

November 16, 2025

3 months ago

There is no more ungraceful figure than that of a humanitarian with the eye to main chance.

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