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.

November 2, 2025

9 months ago

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a pragmatic necessity

December 10, 2025

8 months ago

There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

September 17, 2025

11 months ago

The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

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