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He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever. — Michael Foot
To be a statesman, you must first get elected. — J. William Fulbright
A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman. — David Lloyd George
Like the battleships of old, omnibus programs present too tempting a target, too easily destroyed by a single attack, to make it through a fight....… — Dick Morris
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them. — Austin O'Malley
That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful… — Plato
A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after. — Bill Vaughan
The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them. — Gustave Le Bon
Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment… — Frederick Douglass
There are certain basic principles regarding the proper role of government. If principles are correct, then they can be applied to any specific proposal with… — Ezra Taft Benson
Whatever the world thinks, he who hath not much meditated upon God, the human soul, and the summum bonum, may possibly make a thriving earthworm,… — George Berkeley
Viewing the man from the genuine abolitionist ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed cold, tardy, weak and unequal to the task. But, viewing him from the sentiments… — Frederick Douglass
A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures. — Thomas Carlyle
Whether at home or abroad, the task of statesman is to work with human nature warts and all, and to draw on instincts and even… — Margaret Thatcher
Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a distinguished statesman with… — Kate Chopin
Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu tribesman, in fact… — Auberon Waugh
It is not necessary for the politician to be the slave of the public's group prejudices, if he can learn how to mold the mind… — Edward Bernays
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
A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompson’s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd… — Alexander Pope
The principle of laissez-faire may be safely trusted to in some things but in many more it is wholly inapplicable; and to appeal to it… — John Ramsay McCulloch
There is one statesman of the present day, of whom I always say that he would have escaped making the blunders that he has made… — Arthur Helps
Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining… — Oliver Goldsmith
The victors of the battles of tomorrow will be those who can best harness thought to action. From office boy to statesman, the prizes will… — B. C. Forbes
I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared… — Stephen Colbert

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