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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 8, 2025

9 months ago

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.

February 25, 2025

10 months ago

I am a revolutionist by birth, reading and principle. I am always on the side of the revolutionists because there

January 30, 2025

11 months ago

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

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