Top Statesman Quotes

I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.

Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels.

Statesman Definition

(n.) A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.

(n.) One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy.

(n.) A small landholder.

And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant.