Office Quote by John Connally Download Open image “When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.” — John Connally ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Office Political
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. — Harold MacMillan Copy Share Image
A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
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True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen. — Bob Edwards Copy Share Image
"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 Copy Share Image
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In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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