A Quote by Arlen Specter

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

Arlen Specter

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Arlen Specter
American - Politician
February 12, 1930 - October 14, 2012

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

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

Bob Edwards

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

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.

Thomas Reed

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 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

I definitely get the sense that I'm an elder statesman, but I don't know if there's an impact - and I'm not saying that in a naïve way. I don't know. I think anybody who's been doing it for 25 years is going to be considered an elder statesman. But I don't know if I've impacted anyone.

Janeane Garofalo

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

Austin O'Malley

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

Adlai Stevenson I

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

Earl Wilson

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

Harold MacMillan

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

Manmohan Singh

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

Bill Vaughan

The very name of a politician, a statesman, is sure to cause terror and hatred; it has always connected with it the ideas of treachery, cruelty, fraud, and tyranny.

Edmund Burke

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