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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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I think basically an actor is a salesman. ↗

— Paul Lynde

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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale. ↗

— Early Wynn

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I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States. ↗

— Scott McClellan

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But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective. ↗

— Moby

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The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

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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. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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