"We used to have statesmen who had studied history, who understood geopolitics and grand strategy, who had a realistic view of how nations develop."
"A stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States."
"The world looked at her and thought, you know she is a very honest decent capable proper head of state."
"She was an absolute model of correct statesmanlike behavior."
"Real statesmen would have recognized that cheapening the impeachment process was not the answer."
"Captain Ibrahim TR has emerged as a steadfast Statesman."
"Statesmanship now is in recognizing that reality and trying to find a way out..."
"He was one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century."
"We allied ourselves with an outsider, a genuine outsider."
"He showed the dignity and the honor of a statesman."
"Biden, in comparison, was maybe more stately."
"There is no greater failure of statesmanship than to lack the courage to do the right thing."
"Unlike the political opportunist, the true statesman values principle above popularity and works to create popularity for those political principles which are wise and just."
"Mandela established himself during his term as president of South Africa as one of the world's leading statesmen."
"Blenham is also the birthplace of another famous Churchill who likewise served his country well: Winston Churchill."
"If he had died right then in the fall of 1938 he would probably be remembered as like the greatest German Statesman whoever lived."
"She was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States."
"Abraham Lincoln was a statesman and lawyer who became the first Republican president."
"To be a statesman is essentially to be a tragic figure because even if you do your job well, you won't get much thanks for it. In fact, you may indeed be blamed."
"The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils."
"When times are bad, you want a Statesman, not a politician."
"Britain honored the life of one of its greatest leaders when Sir Winston Churchill died on January 24, 1965. The most remarkable British statesman of the century, he was granted the kind of state funeral usually reserved for royalty."
"Mustafa Kamal Ataturk was a great Statesman of international standing."
"He is a man who profoundly loved his country, he was dedicated to it, he was a true statesman and he shaped our past and our present and will continue to shape our future."
"Statesmanship consists of helping to lead your society from where it is to where it hasn't been so it needs a combination of courage and character and above all and sense for the trends of the period."
"One of the great statesmen in the sport."
"The integration of all the innumerable little German states into a single Empire."
"Books like this can be published, a power that governments cannot suppress can be published by amazing presses like city lights and we can hear the voice directly of some of the greatest statesmen living in the United States today."
"Along the way, they laid the foundations of states that are still with us today."
"Politics is not everything; the great statesmen who save everything are the ones who know that."
"He represented so many of the things that Gladstone himself stood for: the sovereignty of nations, the collective duty to denounce aggressors, and to defend democracy."
"It is a poignant, terrible, disturbing spectacle. This great statesman grappling with this issue that he can't solve because he is failing to see it for what it really is, which is a failure of the human heart that is prejudice at its core."
"It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you a Great Canadian, the former Prime Minister of Canada, The Honorable Lester B. Pearson."
"The art of statesmanship is to steer a course on the stream of time."
"...he was a Great Canadian, a man of substance, a man of courage certainly, and confidence politically..."
"He was a decorated US Army veteran who led soldiers in battle and a distinguished statesman."
"This is not a state funeral like we would see for a former president, but we will hear from family, friends, and former colleagues of Powell."
"Thank you for your service to your states."
"He was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the United States' Founding Fathers."
"Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy."
"When you talk about a Statesman, what you're really talking about is somebody who has the courage to stand up for what they believe is truly right for their people."
"I think being a lawyer is a wonderful profession. Almost every great American statesman was a lawyer, and some of our greatest presidents."
"Mr. Annan will be remembered as an international statesman, an icon who devoted his entire life towards serving humanity."
"Anthony was acclaimed as a statesman who had snatched peace out of the jaws of war."
"This is the highest form of statesmanship."
"A statesman is all about to get his country the best deal he can; a politician is always out to get his."
"An American statesman like few in our history."
"A stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy."
"She was the stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy."
"He was distinguished as a statesman and as a soldier and created a stable political structure and foundation for an empire that his son would inherit and expand upon."
"He's considered one of the greatest statesmen in the world."
"Your name stands higher in Prussian history than that of any other Prussian statesman."
"Cassandra was one of the most brilliant statesmen of his day, warts and all."
"A statesman who sought to build a lasting structure of peace."
"You're continuing to see his skillful statesmanship."
"All that waits is for the answer to be resolved: whether the scattered States shall finally become one or remain divided."
"It was the most thoroughgoing attempt in history to use religion as a basis of statesmanship and as a regulator of every detail of life."
"Being a Statesman is about the standard we hold ourselves to but that our voters hold us to as well."
"The region and its leadership will have to rise to the highest levels of statesmanship."
"The art of statesmanship consists in being able to let those apparently conflicting rights have the maximum play that each can have while coexisting with each other."