A Quote by James Freeman Clarke
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.
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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
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
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We need to be strong in order to avoid war; and to win. A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation. Any person who is over 30 and is not a conservative, has no brains.
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.
A politician thinks about the next elections - the statesman thinks about the next generations.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
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.
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.
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.
People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances.
A politician is not allowed to get too emotional in public, so what he does is drop subtle hints that, over time, cause the public to get emotional. Once the same emotions are generated by enough people, the politician can use it to steer the public in his desired direction. Fear is an emotion that is often used this way. A smart politician knows that if he can create fear in enough people, those people will give up what they truly want in order to give the politician what he says they need.
A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.
You know, a statesman is a dead politician.
But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition, to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.
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