#statesman

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

— Earl Wilson

#elder #election #fastest #lose #politician

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship. ↗

— John Grierson

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

— Michael Foot

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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

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#dangerous thing #history #how #i #learned

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

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To be a statesman, you must first get elected. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#first #get #must #statesman #you

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#delight #game #hired #jest #lawyer

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. ↗