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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.

April 3, 2025

9 months ago

The Press, my Lords, is one of our great out-sentries; if we remove it, if we hoodwink it

June 11, 2025

7 months ago

The preservation of the means of knowledge (let me repeat that: the means of knowledge

January 15, 2025

11 months ago

Politics is largely a matter of heart. R. A. Butler (1902-1982), British Conservative politician,

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