The truest statesmanship to which any feeble mortal can ever aspire is the sincere effort to apply the Savior's principles to human government.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace.
The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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.
An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects.
Intelligence, integrity and courage are the great pillars that support the State. Above all, the citizens of a free nation should honor the brave and independent man - the man of stainless integrity, of will and intellectual force.
You know, a statesman is a dead politician.
To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.