statesman

is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

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

is person whose politics one does agree with... a politician is a person with whose politics one doesn't agree.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree... if you agree with him he's a statesman. David Lloyd George

is the successful revolutionary whereas the unsuccessful one is a criminal.

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. Erich Fromm

is contrasted with a politician in that a politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree, while the statesman is one with whom you do.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree... if you agree with him he is a statesman.

is a person who remembers things selectively.

is a person who takes his ears from the ground and listens to the still small voice.

is one who thinks he belongs to the state, whereas a politician thinks the state belongs to him.

A statesman thinks he belongs to the state; a politician thinks the state belongs to him.

is a person whose heart should be in his head

The heart of a statesman should be in his head

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