Statesmanship Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Statesmanship.
Top Quotes
“Noblesse oblige”
“Spheres of influence.”
“Learn to think imperially.”
“Military-Industrial complex”
“Learn to think continentally.”
“Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.”
“Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.”
“If you wish to preserve your secret wrap it up in frankness.”
“Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.”
“It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.”
“Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, by Buckminster Fuller, (1969)”
“Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken.”
“Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ad mentiendem rei publicæ causæ.”
“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations—entangling alliances with none.”
“D'ye think that statesmen's kindnesses proceed
From any principles but their own need.”
“It is well indeed for our land that we of this generation have learned to think nationally.”
“No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.”
“Wikipedia: Statesmanship”
“A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.”