“ The President is also captured in a well-worn TV news clip, making a boilerplate response to a question on terrorism and then asking the reporters to watch his drive. Well, that's what you get if you… Christopher Hitchens
“ Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public. Dwight D. Eisenhower
“ I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passi… Benjamin Disraeli
“ Presidents, when not outright telling lies, feel obliged to shade the truth most of the time. This is called politics; when a president lies successfully, he is called a statesman. Gore Vidal
“ Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed. Ken Follett
“ He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. Wendell Phillips
“ He was the most persuasive speaker, less for his words than character behind them. He made every listener feel he had done his best to master every aspect of this question, who has been driven by logi… Barbara W. Tuchman
“ Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none. Thomas Jefferson
“ 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world - as far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it. George Washington
“ He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst. Stephen L. Carter
“ The reality is that the American people have no desire for an empire. This is not to say that they don't want the benefits, both economic and strategic. It simply means that they don't want to pay the… George Friedman
