Statesman Quotes

135 quotes by 120 authors

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance… — Aristotle
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. — Ambrose Bierce
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. — Otto von Bismarck
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. — Edmund Burke
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. — James Freeman Clarke
In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose Talents and Virtues… — Alexander Hamilton
The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ... the kind of… — Carl von Clausewitz
The statesman who yields to war fever...is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. — Winston Churchill
Those things which we call extraordinary, remarkable, or unusual may make history, but they do not make real life. After all, to do well those… — Howard W. Hunter
The heart of a statesman should be in his head. — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
In the higher walks of politics the same sort of thing occurs. The statesman who has gradually concentrated all power within himself ... may have… — Bertrand Russell
A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms. — Ambrose Bierce
Without an acquaintance with chemistry, the statesman must remain a stranger to the true vital interests of the state, to the means of its organic… — Justus von Liebig
Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. In the divided or social state these functions are parcelled out to individuals, each… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his… — Georges Pompidou
Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman. — John F. Kerry
Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never… — Kurt Vonnegut
The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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