The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.
A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.
Let the salad-maker be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a statesman for salt, and a madman for tossing.
Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable.
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
Statesman: My good king! My good king! The oracle has spoken. Second Statesman: The Ephors have spoken. There must be no march! Theron: It is the law, my lord. The Spartan army must not go to war. King Leonidas: Nor shall it. I've issued no such orde...
A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.
To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
You know, a statesman is a dead politician.
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
