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.

December 4, 2025

8 months ago

Reader, suppose you were an idiot; and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

January 10, 2025

2 years ago

Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail…In the long run of history,

June 4, 2025

1 year ago

The vice-presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.

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