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

There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that you're an ex-president. You're no longer a politician. You're a statesman.

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

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

I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.

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