#statesman

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

#statesmanship #equality

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

— Milton Friedman

#man #statesmanship

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

— Indira Gandhi

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

— J. William Fulbright

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

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#every #mouth #open #politician #question

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement. ↗

— Abba Eban

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A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#garment #god #grasp #hears #hem

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman. ↗

— John Connally

#out #statesman #you