“We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause; Good kings, who disemboweled for a tax; Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy; Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs; And damned the general world for standing up. Now, may the good God pardon all good men!”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“With his passing, South Carolina has lost one of her most noble statesmen. He served his state and nation with great character and integrity.”
Lindsey Graham
“Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.”
Bob Edwards
“Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're stillborn”
H. H. Munro
“Especially when there are difficulties in our relations, parties and statesmen in China and Japan should look over the situation from a higher point of view and preserve the political foundation of bilateral ties.”
Wu Bangguo
“Statesmen think they make history; but history makes itself and drags the statesmen along.”
Will Rogers
“Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.”
Hector Hugh Munro
