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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 19, 2025

8 months ago

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face—forever.

April 26, 2025

8 months ago

It’s better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

January 16, 2025

11 months ago

[On Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom] A plan to resist all planning may be better than its opposite, but it belongs to the same style of politics.

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