Ability Quote by Benjamin Carson

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

— William Rounseville Alger

If you don't know the difference between dictatorship and leadership then you got to go back to a fifth grade civics class.

— Tim Kaine

The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed,…

— Robert Higgs

We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers.

— Edward Snowden

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

— J. William Fulbright

But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A…

— Edmund Burke

“These times, indeed all times, demand national political leaders who know not only our history but the history of the world and its nations…

— Harold G. Moore

“Leaders must not be chosen based on charisma, popularity, or ease of communication, all of which are misleading and have little to do with…

— Veronica Roth

I think a lot of people start out full of idealism and fresh ideas. And then a lot of times, being re-elected becomes more…

— Matt Salmon

It is quite sad, to me, that that ideal, that vision and understanding [of American founding ], doesn't seem to be a part of…

— Paul Kengor

History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very…

— Mark Twain

In our country and in our times no man is worthy the honored name of statesman who does not include the highest practicable education…

— Horace Mann