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.

May 16, 2025

1 year ago

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia

October 21, 2025

9 months ago

The revolutionary spirit is mightily convenient in this: that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.

December 15, 2025

8 months ago

If you want to know the depth and meanness of Human Nature, you have got to be a prime minister running a general election.

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