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.

July 7, 2025

8 months ago

The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs

July 28, 2025

7 months ago

I always voted at my party’s call, And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

December 22, 2025

2 months ago

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

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