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.

September 11, 2025

1 year ago

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on buses and in the subway.

May 22, 2025

1 year ago

The world belongs to the patient.

April 28, 2025

2 years ago

We hope that the world will not narrow into a neighbourhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

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