A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians ... have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography? — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed. — Winston Churchill 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
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
Opportunity, to statesmen, is as the just degree of heat to chemists; it perfects all the work. — John Suckling Copy Share Image
Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents. — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
[O]ur statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
It's possible, without taking sides or playing the statesman game, to reduce destruction simply by reducing the development of technology of destruction. — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
At 82, Nelson (who wrote the song "On the Road Again," among a thousand or more others) is the elder statesman of… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
The very name of a politician, a statesman, is sure to cause terror and hatred; it has always connected with it the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return… — Frank B. Kellogg Copy Share Image
There is one class of men who from time to time have taken a keen and practical interest in the constitution of… — Helen Bosanquet Copy Share Image
There are certain basic principles regarding the proper role of government. If principles are correct, then they can be applied to any… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this appalling problem.… — Enrico Fermi Copy Share Image
Society is an illusion to the young citizen. It lies before him in rigid repose, with certain names, men, and institutions, rootedlike… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
In the higher walks of politics the same sort of thing occurs. The statesman who has gradually concentrated all power within himself… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I… — George Washington Copy Share Image
According to man's environment, society has made as many different types of men as there are varieties in zoology. The differences between… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
"Statesman" presumes I'm out there giving opinions all the time about things, and no, I'm not interested in opining on a lot… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them. — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Man is not a farmer, or a professor, or an engineer, but he is all. Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough. — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
To be called an elder statesman is so unbelievably insulting. Brad Pitt is exactly three years younger than me. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause. — Homer Copy Share Image
It is vain to say that enlightened statesmen will always be able to adjust their interests. Enlightened men will not always be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We shall go down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time,or as the greatest criminals — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
A politician thinks about the next elections - the statesman thinks about the next generations. — James Freeman Copy Share Image
It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
I'm always concerned that I'm insulting the elder statesmen on the set by my crass behavior. — Heather Langenkamp Copy Share Image
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