A Quote by Manmohan Singh

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

Manmohan Singh

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Become Before Enough Long Office Politician Remain Statesman

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Manmohan Singh
Indian - Statesman
Born: September 26, 1932

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

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

Earl Wilson

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 am not a politician-type politician and I want to remain that.

Roopa Ganguly

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

Don't get me wrong: politicians have been lying for a long time, long before Donald Trump was born, but the degree of just nonstop rage, grievance, prevarication, I haven't seen, probably because we haven't had a direct line from a politician's id to the public before.