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.

February 22, 2025

2 years ago

The majority is the best way, because it is visible and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able.

August 20, 2025

1 year ago

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

March 11, 2025

2 years ago

Finality is not the language of politics.

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