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.

January 25, 2025

11 months ago

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

February 19, 2025

10 months ago

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

May 4, 2025

8 months ago

There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

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