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 24, 2025

1 year ago

Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it

August 25, 2025

11 months ago

He that is minded to obey all the commonwealth’s orders, whether through fear of its power or through love of quiet

April 30, 2025

1 year ago

In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos.

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