Statesmanship Quotes

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

“The definition of a statesman is a dead politician. We need more statesmen.”

“If you want to be a statesman, you have to be a politician first.”

“You cannot be a statesman if you're still looking for a job.”

“I know one thing, that you can't be a statesman unless you are a politician first.”

“A politician is thinking about the next election, and a statesman is thinking about the next generation.”

“Genuine statesmanship is the art of changing a nation's ideals.”

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

“The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.”

“What has happened to the good old-fashioned statesman? He has become a politician.”

“A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or fifteen years.”

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