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The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false. — George Bernard Shaw
The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to their conduct of… — B. H. Liddell Hart
As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad… — Abraham Lincoln
At 82, Nelson (who wrote the song "On the Road Again," among a thousand or more others) is the elder statesman of country music, a… — Willie Nelson
The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag. — Kin Hubbard
A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections. — Abraham Lincoln
Thus I live in the world rather as a Spectator of mankind, than as one of the species, by which means I have made myself… — Joseph Addison
It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese. — Charles de Gaulle
It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution. — Dan Quayle
Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered — Benito Mussolini
[Among the books he chooses, a statesman] ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy; and really good… — Theodore Roosevelt
Government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate the… — Albert Gallatin
The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist,… — Theodore Roosevelt
A man who knows how to make good bargains or finds his money increase in his coffers, thinks presently that he has a good deal… — Jean de la Bruyere
No age or condition is without its heroes . The least incapable general in a nation is its Cæsar, the least imbecile statesman its Solon… — George Bernard Shaw
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. — Erich Fromm
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not. — Indira Gandhi
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. — Charles de Gaulle
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist. — Will Durant
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement. — Abba Eban
A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them. — Augustus Hare
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. — Henry A. Kissinger
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. — Walter Lippmann
At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. — Harold MacMillan

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