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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.

November 26, 2025

3 months ago

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

October 26, 2025

4 months ago

Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live

November 23, 2025

3 months ago

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

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