America is in need of Statesmanship in today's climate of volitility!
Statesmanship is the ability to stand on principle, be honest and concerned for the future good of the nation and know how to paint a vision for that future with concern for the opposition's interests. A statesman is able to inspire hope, purpose and vision for the nation and its immediate needs. We have seen too few statesman these days!
Here are some quotes about statesmanship from a Founder, presidents, writers, an economist, and a doctor.
"It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the public good. Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. Nor, in many cases, can such an adjustment be made at all without taking into view indirect and remote considerations, which will rarely prevail over the immediate interest which one party may find in disregarding the rights of another or the good of the whole.
Posted in James Madison
Tagged enlightened, Federalist No. 10, helm, James Madison, statesmenAuthor: James Madison
Context: Federalist No. 10
“One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship”
Milton Friedman quotes (American Economist, b.1912)
“Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.”
James Russell Lowell quotes (American Poet, Critic, Essayist, Editor and Diplomat, 1819-1891)
"Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship or statesmanship to a formula.”
Dr. Louis Orr quotes
“The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.”
Hubert H. Humphrey quotes
"In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.”
Mark Twain quotes
"Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual manners for the public good”
Abraham Lincoln quotes