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.

March 3, 2025

10 months ago

‘Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?’ ‘No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country’

June 12, 2025

7 months ago

The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act

June 24, 2025

6 months ago

A politician was a person with whose politics you did not agree. When you did agree, he was a statesman.

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