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 19, 2025

10 months ago

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;

March 7, 2025

1 year ago

Men on white horses armed with simple solutions are the answer when people decide they’ve had enough of “politics as usual.”

November 5, 2025

9 months ago

Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he’ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

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