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.

April 24, 2025

10 months ago

Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it

December 21, 2025

2 months ago

Scratch any American and underneath you’ll find an isolationist.

December 11, 2025

3 months ago

The Bill of Rights was not ordained by nature or god. It’s very human, very fragile.

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