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Statesman Quotes
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement. - Abba Eban Quotes
Hes passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever. - Michael Foot Quotes
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. - Wendell Phillips Quotes
I think it better that in times like these a poets mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. - William Butler Yeats Quotes
It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man. - Pierre Laval Quotes
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. - Sir Winston Churchill Quotes
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility to acquirers; and three, hope to all. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. Its truly unbelievable. - Toni Morrison Quotes
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. - Charles De Gaulle Quotes
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are, 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and, 3. Hope to all. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. - Dean Acheson Quotes
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. - A J P Taylor Quotes
A politician is a man who understands government and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician whos been dead ten or fifteen years. - Harry S Truman Quotes
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. - Adlai E Stevenson Quotes
It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his countrys security should be a concern of the utmost importance. - Eisaku Sato Quotes
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician whos been dead for 15 years. - Harry S Truman Quotes
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. - Walter Bagehot Quotes
The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind. - Samuel E Morison Quotes
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. - Earl Wilson Quotes
A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist. - Will Durant Quotes
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. - Dean Acheson Quotes
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. - Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Now I know what a statesman is; hes a dead politician. We need more statesmen. - Bob Edwards Quotes
A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience. - Stanley Baldwin Quotes
Conservative - a statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. - Ambrose Bierce Quotes
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation. - James Clarke Quotes
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