Famous quotes by Statesmans

"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"Art is man's expression of his joy in labor"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

"What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire'"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"Democracy must learn to defend itself"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"The Soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman

"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave"

Indira Gandhi, Statesman

"There is not love where there is no will"

Indira Gandhi, Statesman

"There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten"

Indira Gandhi, Statesman

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there"

Indira Gandhi, Statesman

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