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.

April 25, 2025

2 years ago

Government…is simply not the channel through which men’s noblest impulses are to be realized.

December 10, 2025

11 months ago

There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

September 27, 2025

1 year ago

When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists

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