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 8, 2025

12 months ago

A government needs one hundred soldiers for every guerrilla it faces.

March 6, 2025

12 months ago

Democracy is rarely beautiful in its workings, for the many refuse to be refined, restrained, and artistic.

June 24, 2025

8 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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