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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are - 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; 3. Hope to all.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about politics, end, security, nation, hope

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

Quote by Dean Acheson about politics

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about ability, common sense, man

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

Quote by Aristotel about politics, virtue, character, moral

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

Quote by Erich Fromm about succes, criminals

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.

Quote by Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi about opinion, saints, woman