#statesman

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship. ↗

— Kenneth Baker

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The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

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

— James Freeman Clarke

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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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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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One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not. ↗

— Indira Gandhi

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Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany. ↗

— Erik Larson

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