#statesman

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Edmund Burke

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Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year. ↗

— Chris Christie

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The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. ↗

— Earl Wilson

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And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship. ↗

— John Grierson

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A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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