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.

May 11, 2025

10 months ago

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

September 23, 2025

5 months ago

Almost all that has been done for the good of the people has been done since the rich lost the monopoly of power

February 23, 2025

1 year ago

One of the greatest pieces of good fortune a man can have is the chance to make something he has done in his own

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