It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You know, a statesman is a dead politician.
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
When you're out of office, you can be 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.