#statesman

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#firm #follow #follows #guiding #having

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#statesmanship #equality

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#concern #essence #future #past #probing

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#constitutional #general #man #opinions #statesman

He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever. ↗

— Michael Foot

#elder #hope #intervening #passed #period

One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#man #statesmanship

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not. ↗

— Indira Gandhi

#father #i #i am #political #saint

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

— Charles de Gaulle

#statesman #take #true #who #willing

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany. ↗

— Erik Larson

#around #by the people #chaotic #character #country

It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#assistance #friend #help #man #neither