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 20, 2025

9 months ago

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.

February 2, 2025

11 months ago

Better is the enemy of good.

June 26, 2025

6 months ago

If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches, they will take sandwiches.

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