Inspirational Quote by John Stuart Mill

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

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

Your real statesman is first of all, and chief of all, a great human being, with an eye for all the great fields on…

— Woodrow Wilson

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

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

— Henry A. Kissinger

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

— Edmund Burke

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

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

Every person seems to acknowledge his greatness. He blends together the profound politician with the scholar.

— William Pierce

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— William Rounseville Alger