#statesman

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year. ↗

— Chris Christie

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The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. ↗

— Earl Wilson

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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

— Walter Bagehot

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

— Milton Friedman

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

— Indira Gandhi

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

— Charles de Gaulle

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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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