“The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag”
Kin Hubbard
“A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.”
James Freeman Clarke
“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.”
David Lloyd George
“The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters.”
Walter Lippmann
“Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.”
Bob Edwards
“The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.”
Charles de Gaulle
“ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.”
Ambrose Bierce
