A Quote by Earl Wilson
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
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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.
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.
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
The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot of applause because I'm not keeling over.
A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.
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 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.
The fastest way to lose an argument is to lose your temper.
If a statesman is one who looks to the next generation and a politician one who looks to the next election, a political consultant must be one who looks to the next tracking poll.
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.
When you're dealing with younger people, if you start acting like the leader or the expert or the elder statesman, 'well, let me tell you how this is...,' that's a great way to alienate young people and make them hate you.
He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.
Life itself has so much politics, why should I make it my profession? I'm just a politician's son, not a politician myself. Two politicians, that's my dad and elder brother, in the family are enough. I'm happy doing my own stuff in Bollywood.
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