A Quote by Adlai Stevenson I

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

Adlai Stevenson I

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Adlai Stevenson I
American - Politician
October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914

A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift.

James Freeman Clarke

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation

Hillary Clinton

A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

Harry S. Truman

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

Harry S Truman

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

Georges Pompidou

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

Arlen Specter

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.

Thomas Reed

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

Austin O'Malley

I've never met a politician I haven't wanted to walk away from, and I've yet to hear a politician speak and actually believe the words coming out of his mouth.

Ray Winstone

There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that you're an ex-president. You're no longer a politician. You're a statesman.

Robert Dallek

A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.

Manmohan Singh

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

Earl Wilson

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

Bob Edwards

A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.

Bill Vaughan

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

Harold MacMillan

I believe, that empirically informed approaches to the question have issued in more illuminating answers than the old armchair approaches. But I think that it would be a terrible mistake to give up on addressing normative questions in epistemology.

Hilary Kornblith

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