Famous quotes by Statesmans

"There is moderation even in excess"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"The more you are talked about, the less powerful you are"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Silence is the mother of truth"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Real politics are the possession and distribution of power"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"When the water starts boiling, it is foolish to turn off the heat"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged, to find the ways in which you yourself have altered"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"It is the nature of all greatness, not to be exact"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

"There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

"People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

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