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1139 Statesman Quotes

I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.

Never expect Perfect work Imperfect man
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Well adjusted Person Makes Same mistakes
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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.

Who stand For nothing Fall Everything
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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

Give Power Many Oppress
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Peace War Be left Our option
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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.

General purpose One people Individual citizen
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

Vigor Government Essential Security
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For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

In politics In religion Equally Making proselytes
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If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.

Must have An enemy Government Can oppose
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

National debt Not excessive National blessing
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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Have thought My duty Exhibit things They ought
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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.

Experience The oracle Truth Responses
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Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Take Time Delibrate Action
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Never take counsel of your fears.

Never Take Counsel Fears
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You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

You Must Pay Price
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I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

Got Shoes Fill Chance
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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Regretted Rich Powerful Acts
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Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

Heaven No Me Do
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

There Necessary Evils Government
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Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

Fear People Deluded Moment
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To the victors belong the spoils.

To Victors Belong Spoils
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Our Union: It must be preserved
Our Union Must Preserved
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms

Peace Things Desired Blood
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War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

War Blessing Compared National
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There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

Pleasure Having Nothing Do
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The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

People Government Administering Agents
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Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

Nullification Insurrection War States
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Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

Democracy Power Reforming Governments
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The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

Lord's Prayer Religion Moral
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The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Only Thing Afraid Fear
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Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

Next Lost Battle Sad
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The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill

Whole Art War Other side
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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

Discreet Render Unnecessary Mysterious
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Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

Being Born Stable Make
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We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination.

We Office Responsibility Serve
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No one can be considered untouchable on political grounds.

No one Considered Untouchable Political
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We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.

We Wasting Resource Wars
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This power of democracy is a matter of pride for our country, something which we must always cherish, preserve and further strengthen.

Power Democracy Pride Country
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For development, peace is essential.

Development Peace Essential
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We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

We Hope World Act
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The spending in science and technology need to be to increased.

Spending Science Tecnology Need
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Terrorism has become a festering wound. It is an enemy of humanity.

Terrorism Wound Enemy Humanity
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Our words, actions, and diplomatic efforts should be aimed at trying to achieve pragmatic goals rather than creating rhetorical effect.

Words Actions Achieve Goals
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Our aim may be as high as the endless sky, but we should have a resolve in our minds to walk ahead, hand-in-hand, for victory will be ours.

Aim Resolve Mind Walk ahead
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Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.

Quiet Diplomacy Effective Public
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence Ultimate Weapon Power
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The cemeteries are full of indispensable men.

Cementeries Full Indispensable Men
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I am a man who belongs to nobody and who belongs to everybody.

Man Belongs Nobody Everybody
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Deliberation Work Men Action
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
Better Bad Method None
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