Famous quotes by Statesmans

Explore a curated selection of reflections from statesmen across eras and nations, offering insight into leadership, diplomacy, and public service. These words capture the challenges of governing, the patience of negotiation, and the responsibility owed to citizens and future generations. Whether you are seeking perspective for civic engagement, scholarly study, or personal reflection, these voices invite thoughtful consideration of power, principle, and pragmatism. Read with an open mind, and let the breadth of experience illuminate enduring themes in statecraft.

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

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"Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun"

Evita Peron, Statesman

"If not me, who? And if not now, when?"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

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"If everything is very important, then nothing is important"

Brian Mulroney, Statesman

"All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

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"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk"

Seneca the Younger, Statesman

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"Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion"

Wilfrid Laurier, Statesman

"Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials"

George Mason, Statesman

"The price of greatness is responsibility"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"I am easily satisfied with the very best"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist"

Indira Gandhi, Statesman

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"A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer"

Dean Acheson, Statesman

"Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all"

Arthur Balfour, Statesman

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"Don't listen to what the Communists say, but look at what they do"

Nguyen Van Thieu, Statesman

"To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you"

Pericles, Statesman

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"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

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"Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character"

John Morley, Statesman

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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"Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age"

Colin Powell, Statesman

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"I can prove anything by statistics except the truth"

George Canning, Statesman

"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

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"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"

John Lubbock, Statesman

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for"

John Lubbock, Statesman

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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