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 20, 2025

2 years ago

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.

September 25, 2025

1 year ago

…that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

September 9, 2025

1 year ago

The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

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