Statesmanship

The statesmanship of 1850 (profound and patriotic, as alas! it is to be feared, too much of what we call statesmanship to-day is not) has been outgrown. ❋ Various (N/A)

We know too little of such matters to dogmatize about them; after all the experience and wisdom of the past, what we call statesmanship is but a complicated, difficult, and uncertain experiment. ❋ Atticus Greene (1881)

But, of course, diplomacy and statesmanship is something Republicans wouldn't know anything about. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. ❋ Laban (2006)

As an exercise in statesmanship, perhaps Powell could, with the benefit of hindsight, revise the text of his speech to reflect what was supportable sustantively and present the revised speech to the American public so that the public could determine whether it would be appropriate for him to resign. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Since that remote day Gladstone has been four times Premier; has delivered numberless speeches of the highest order of excellence; has published a multitude of pamphlets and volumes which attest consummate intellectual gifts, and has been a great force in English statesmanship and scholarship through an exceptionally long life and almost to the very close of it. ❋ Cook, Richard B (1989)

In 1945, the world witnessed a remarkable exercise in statesmanship, with the decision to build a modern democracy in post-war Germany. ❋ Unknown (1970)

Great statesmanship is needed in Asia to build the proper kind of organization that can bring a Rule of Law and stability to the area. ❋ Unknown (1966)

Well, not only in statesmanship, not only in educational work, but in journalism, he has been prominent in the life of China. ❋ Unknown (1944)

Whatever other gifts the Germans may have, they are below standard in statesmanship and political genius -- no Hitler or Mussolini could have persuaded the British peoples into such paths of shame and dishonour. ❋ Unknown (1943)

I always believed you would achieve the highest position in English statesmanship, and I don't despair of your doing so still. ' ❋ Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1907)

The moment has arrived when the noblest statesmanship is required. ❋ Unknown (1865)

While he was equal to any of his peers in statesmanship, and could hold the reins of government with firmness and strength, he could also assume the position of a father, brother and friend. ❋ Unknown (1865)

American statesmanship is not only difficult, but it touches close upon several dangerous issues. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Neither has he been regarded as specially proficient in statesmanship, or deeply versed in constitutional law. ❋ Unknown (1865)