Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen. — Plato Copy Share Image
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“… the South is the land of Washington, who made our Nation – of Jefferson, who shaped its direction – and of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nine-nine of every hundred among you probably desire peace, while the balance may hold war a condition to be preferred; but what… — Eden Phillpotts Copy Share Image
Because John McCain stood up, our country is better off. The respect he is given around the world is not because of… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
Great statesmen seem to direct and rule by a sort of power to put themselves in the place of the nation over… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“There is usually a moment in the life of a new president when he begins to see himself not as an aspirant… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
The people of the two nations [French and English] must be brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each other's wants.… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image