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135 Statesman quotes by 118 unique authors

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems… — Toni Morrison
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman;… — Theodore Roosevelt
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. — George Santayana
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. — Adlai E. Stevenson
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. — Harry S. Truman
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. — Earl Wilson
I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman… — William Butler Yeats
The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with most… — Adam Smith
These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of… — Abigail Adams
Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and… — Winston Churchill
The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation — Hillary Clinton
To do well those thing which God ordained to be the common lot of all man-kind, is the truest greatness. To be a successful father… — Joseph Fielding Smith
I regard it (the Constitution) as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesman that ever existed, aided by the smiles of a benign… — Daniel Webster
There in the city's steam-and-smoke-smudged harbor is the most extraordinary sight of all: a great copper-clad lady with a torch in one hand and a… — Libba Bray
Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the… — Khalil Gibran
Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work" itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised by… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Who but the artist has the power to open man up, to set free the imagination? The others - priest, teacher, saint, statesman, warrior -… — Henry Miller
I wonder if you encountered this dictum first spoken by a twentieth-century statesman: "An abyss cannot be crossed in two steps. — David Mitchell
A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for… — James Freeman Clarke
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. — Dean Acheson
I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of… — Branch Rickey
I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the… — Eugene Jarecki
If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect… — Eugene Jarecki

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