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.

July 18, 2025

1 year ago

I pay my tax bills more readily than any others—for whether the money is well or ill spent

November 27, 2025

8 months ago

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

September 4, 2025

11 months ago

I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best coloured man

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