The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are …

- Antony Jay

There is this great idea about the logic of a politician, along the lines of: "Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

- Antony Jay

Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.

- Antony Jay

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles - people nearly always pick a problem their own size, and ignore or leave to others the …

- Antony Jay

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

- Antony Jay

Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

- Antony Jay

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles... Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

- Antony Jay

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

- Antony Jay

In corporation [corporate] religions as in others, the heretic must be cast out not because of the probability that he is wrong but because of the po…

- Antony Jay