Giving Quote by George W. Bush

"Statesman" gives the impression that every time a major issue comes up, I'll be popping off. And that's not what's going to happen.

— George W. Bush

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

— Abraham Lincoln

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

— Walter Bagehot

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

— J. William Fulbright

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

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

In our country and in our times no man is worthy the honored name of statesman who does not include the highest practicable education…

— Horace Mann

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

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

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower