A Quote by Georges Pompidou

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

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Himself His Nation Places Politician Service Statesman

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Georges Pompidou
French - Statesman
July 5, 1911 - April 2, 1974

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

It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it.

George Washington

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

Harry S Truman

In our country and in our times no man is worthy the honored name of statesman who does not include the highest practicable education of the people in all his plans of administration. He may have eloquence, he may have a knowledge of all history, diplomacy, jurisprudence; and by these he might claim, in other countries, the elevated rank of a statesman: but unless he speaks, plans, labors, at all times and in all places, for the culture and edification of the whole people, he is not, he cannot be, an American statesman.

Horace Mann

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.

Thomas Reed

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

Arlen Specter

The key decision for a statesman is whether to commit his nation or not. There is no middle course. Once a great nation commits itself, it must prevail. It will acquire no kudos for translating its inner doubts into hesitation.

Henry A. Kissinger

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

Austin O'Malley

Given a short time with a psycho-politician you can alter forever the loyalty of a soldier in our hands or a statesman or a leader in his own country, or you can destroy his mind.

Lavrentiy Beria

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

Adlai Stevenson I

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

As a nation, we must honor the service and sacrifice made by Service members - past and present - to defend our nation and protect the American way of life.