A statesman is not the same thing as a corporate baron. From Wordnik.com. [The end of civilization as they've dreamed it] Reference
A German statesman is quoted as saying, "We spit on freedom.". From Wordnik.com. [The Philosophy of Canada's Position in the British Empire] Reference
A statesman is someone who can work with others toward the common good. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » FLASHBACK: McCain Said Of Himself And Palin, ‘What Do You Expect Of Two Mavericks?’] Reference
Obama the statesman is a political marvel that the right can’t handle. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Ohio Tea Party Organizer And Father Of Part-Latino Son Threatens To Shoot Latino Immigrants] Reference
But that would require the government to take a long-term statesman-like view. From Wordnik.com. [Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs] Reference
A good statesman is not a person who is able to suppress extreme movements in the country. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Empire] Reference
No words could adequately express the tribute to which this great Imperial statesman is entitled. From Wordnik.com. [Australia and Her Post-War Problem] Reference
A good statesman is not a person who is able to keep 360 millions of people under the British flag. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Empire] Reference
A good statesman is one who will direct the 360 millions of people, to the betterment of the whole human race. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Empire] Reference
To get into a talk with a Japanese intellectual or statesman is sooner or later to ponder the effects of World War II. From Wordnik.com. [Postcards From Tomorrow Square] Reference
At all events in Great Britain a statesman is supposed to have a certain high-minded regard for his country's welfare. From Wordnik.com. [Three Imperial Topics: Imperial Ignorance; Imperial History; Imperial Unity] Reference
They want McCain to look like a "statesman" -- Wolf. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2008] Reference
How many a so-called statesman would have yielded!. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Newell: Seeking Statesmen] Reference
A statesman is a politician whos been dead 10 or 15 years. From Wordnik.com. [Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)] Reference
A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years. From Wordnik.com. [The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said] Reference
Burke is known as the statesman; Sheridan for his great speech on the trial of. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Europe; or, Places I have Seen and People I have Met.] Reference
It will be a decision made by your party faithful elder statesman aka superdelegates. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: You Won't See Me As Vice President] Reference
It was Thomas Brackett Reed, I believe, who said, "A statesman is a politician who is dead.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators] Reference
"Bachelet's popularity, on the other hand, is the incarnation of a Latin American statesman.". From Wordnik.com. [The Upbeat Upperclass] Reference
A statesman is a man of his own and succeeding ages, and in him, therefore, is much anticipatory. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero and Some Other Folks] Reference
L. CORNEL.US SISENNA, (119-67 B.C.), better known as a statesman and grammarian, treated history with success. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
But this hurts his image as a statesman, which is his biggest asset, aside from his universal name recognition. From Wordnik.com. [Midterm Roundup] Reference
As a true statesman, which is so rare, he showed us an example of how to interact in even the most contentious circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference
Carteret, afterwards to be well known as a statesman, succeeded to the peerage in 1695, and became Earl Granville and Viscount. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
"The truth is, gentlemen, a statesman is the creature of his age, the child of circumstances, the creation of his times," Disraeli said. From Wordnik.com. [The McCarville Report Online] Reference
Obama is tailor-made for being a "statesman" rather than pol. From Wordnik.com. ["I think I have a much higher IQ than you do."] Reference
I think Edwards is a kind of statesman who betrays his class. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates respond to JSpot survey | Jewschool] Reference
Obama brings "statesman" back to the choices in our political spectrum. From Wordnik.com. [Full Text Of Obama's Big Race Speech: A Big Break With Political Precedent] Reference
I am hopeful that Barack can be the kind of statesman that our country needs now. From Wordnik.com. [The Bailout Debacle | Barack Obama | positively Barack] Reference
McCain is not a maverick, he is a fake "statesman" who does his handlers 'bidding. From Wordnik.com. [Robert S. McElvaine: She's Not Quayle; She's Thomas] Reference
Democrats are already saying they can't wait for Mrs. Palin's debate against "statesman" Joe Biden. From Wordnik.com. [A Reform Ticket] Reference
And he could sum up a current 'statesman' with an earthy epithet that would leave his audience weak with laughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Reagans and the Kennedys] Reference
By her own words, Palin disqualified Ted Stevens from the "statesman" moniker because he didn't do last fall what she demanded-Resign!. From Wordnik.com. [Shannyn Moore: The LIEonization of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens] Reference
But this president hasn't even held the kind of statesman-like summits that pull people together and get them to invest in those states. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2004] Reference
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