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#statesman

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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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