Bows Quote by John Adams

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

— J. William Fulbright

But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A…

— Edmund Burke

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

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

— John Connally

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

— Abraham Lincoln

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

— Otto von Bismarck

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is…

— Plato

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

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

— William Rounseville Alger

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

— Anonymous

The key decision for a statesman is whether to commit his nation or not. There is no middle course. Once a great nation commits…

— Henry A. Kissinger