Action Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great statesmen seem to direct and rule by a sort of power to put themselves in the place of the nation over which they…

— Woodrow Wilson

Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Statesmen are grocers, ambitious clowns.

— Dejan Stojanovic

There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.

— Plato

“People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it gets politicians.…

— Henry T. Blackaby

Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions,…

— James A. Baldwin

Great passions may either bring great victories or great sorrows! In both cases, it is always a great privilege to have great passions!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Statesmen think in terms of history and view society as an organism. Prophets are different since they believe absolute aims can be achieved in…

— Henry A. Kissinger

There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thus men of more enlighten'd genius and more intrepid spirit must compose themselves to the risque of public censure, and the contempt of their…

— Jon Jones

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin