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 28, 2025

7 months ago

A friend in power is a friend lost.

March 18, 2025

9 months ago

It’s 90 per cent of the politicians who give the other 10 per cent a bad name.

January 14, 2025

11 months ago

[On the popularity of Margaret Thatcher] The further you got from Britain, the more admired you found she was.

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