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 5, 2025

12 months ago

Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he’ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

December 18, 2025

10 months ago

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

February 21, 2025

2 years ago

I believe democracy to be of all forms of government the most natural, the most consonant with individual liberty.

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