#statesman

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. ↗

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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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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep. ↗

— Elizabeth II

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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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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. ↗

— Dean Acheson

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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions. ↗

— Aristotle

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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

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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist. ↗

— Will Durant

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Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen. ↗

— Bob Edwards

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