A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

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• A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
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• A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.
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• A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation.
  A politician is a statesman who places the nation at...
• Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician.
  We need more statesmen. -- Bob...
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  Harry S....
• Study men, not historians. --
  Harry...
• It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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• You really have to be careful of politicians who have no further ambitions:
  they may run for the presidency. -- Harry S....
• It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
  Harry...