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.

April 5, 2025

9 months ago

This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will be easier than next year.

May 15, 2025

7 months ago

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

April 4, 2025

9 months ago

To criticize one’s country is to do it a service…Criticism, in short, is more than a right

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