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.

August 7, 2025

1 year ago

Welfare became a term of opprobrium—a contentious, often vindictive area of political conflict

December 15, 2025

11 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.

December 18, 2025

10 months ago

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

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