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Statesmen Quotes

Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered

Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered

Benito Mussolini
Fate, Destiny, Statesmen
Christopher Hibbert, Benito Mussolini (1962). “Benito Mussolini: a biography”

The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

Kin Hubbard
Flags, Libertarian, Statesmen

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Will Durant
Statesmen, Moralist

The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.

T. S. Eliot
Differences, Posing, Statesmen
T.S. Eliot (2013). “The Elder Statesman”, p.35, Faber & Faber

Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.

Charles de Gaulle
Men, Statesmen
Interview, December 09, 1967.

A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.

John Stuart Mill
Tradition, Wells, Statesmen
John Stuart Mill (2015). “On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays”, p.239, OUP Oxford

Nature abhors a vacuum, even in the heads of statesmen.

Clare Boothe Luce
Vacuums, Head Of State, Statesmen

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Charles de Gaulle
Risk, Willing, Statesmen

It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil.

Charles Caleb Colton
Evil, Statesmen, Statesmanship
Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Charles Caleb Colton (1861). “Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son on men and manners. To which are added, selections from Colton's 'Lacon'.”, p.230

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.

Wendell Phillips
Given, Statesmen, Presidency
Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.309

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.

Thomas Reed
Successful, Politician, Statesmen

Some statesmen go to Congress and some go to jail. It is the same thing, after all.

Eugene Field
Jail, Congress, Statesmen
Eugene Field (1967). “The complete Tribune primer”

Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.

Samantha Power
Statesmen, Examining, Reasoning

A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician.

George Stillman Hillard
Politics, Politician, Statesmen
Boston (Mass.), George Stillman Hillard (1853). “A Memorial of Daniel Webster: From the City of Boston”, p.247, Boston : Little, Brown

Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken.

Woodrow Wilson
Broken, Collectives, Statesmen

That is Gladstone, the greatest statesman that ever lived. I intend to be a statesman, too.

Woodrow Wilson
Ambition, Gladstone, Statesmen

Statesmen remember things selectively.

Ursula K. Le Guin
Remember, Statesmen
Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “The Other Wind”, p.87, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

Arlen Specter
Politician, Statesmen, Knows
"Interview with Senator Arnold Specter". Interview with Bob Schieffer, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 3, 2009.

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