Adversity Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

— Fletcher Knebel

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

— J. William Fulbright

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

— William Rounseville Alger

The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon…

— Walter Lippmann

Statesman create; ordinary leaders consume. The ordinary leader is satisfied with ameliorating the environment, not transforming it; a statesman must be a visionary and…

— Henry A. Kissinger

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

"Statesman" presumes I'm out there giving opinions all the time about things, and no, I'm not interested in opining on a lot of subjects.

— George W. Bush

The challenge of statesmanship is to have the vision to dream of a better, safer world and the courage, persistence, and patience to turn…

— Ronald Reagan

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

— John Connally

The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces,…

— Malcolm Fraser

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at…

— Georges Pompidou

A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.

— Bill Vaughan