#statesman

The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#decisions #force #his #historian #less

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#his #literal #literal sense #mandela #me

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#almighty #enlightened #freedom #instrument #men

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

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You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#always #american #get #given #hope

To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace. ↗

— Warren R. Austin

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To be a statesman, you must first get elected. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#first #get #must #statesman #you

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

#bridge #duty #experience #gap #his

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance. ↗

— Eisaku Sato

#concern #country #government #helm #his

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#delight #game #hired #jest #lawyer