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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.

November 29, 2025

3 months ago

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

February 9, 2025

1 year ago

In framing a government, which is to administered by men, over men, the great difficulty lies in this

April 30, 2025

10 months ago

In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos.

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