A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
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 truest statesmanship to which any feeble mortal can ever aspire is the sincere effort to apply the Savior's principles to human government.
Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.