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.

March 25, 2025

2 years ago

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

August 30, 2025

1 year ago

Since a rational creature cannot be supposed, when free, to put himself in subjection to another for his own harm

March 15, 2025

2 years ago

Men ought to pay a great deal more attention to substance and realities than to ceremonies.

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