Statesmanship Quotes
These are some of the best 'Statesmanship' quotations and sayings.
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An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.
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Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is a temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
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Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meannesses for the public good.
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In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
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Learn to think continentally.
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One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship.
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
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The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.
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Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world - as far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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What morality requires, true statesmanship should accept.
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You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned 70, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
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