The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
The truest statesmanship to which any feeble mortal can ever aspire is the sincere effort to apply the Savior's principles to human government.
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.
Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.
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.
To be a statesman, you must first get elected.