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.

December 4, 2025

8 months ago

Reader, suppose you were an idiot; and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

September 12, 2025

11 months ago

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

April 29, 2025

1 year ago

The market-place is a place set aside where men may deceive and overreach each other.

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