He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.
He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his understanding, which is a further and the highest degree of obedience.
The truest statesmanship to which any feeble mortal can ever aspire is the sincere effort to apply the Savior's principles to human government.