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.

December 9, 2025

8 months ago

…the best is often unattainable, and therefore the true legislator and statesman ought to be acquainted

November 14, 2025

9 months ago

He preferred to be rather than to seem good.

December 14, 2025

8 months ago

No example is so dangerous, as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.

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