#statesman

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

— J. William Fulbright

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

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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

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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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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A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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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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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 constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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