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.
Statesman yet friend to truth! of soul sincere In action faithful and in honour clear; Who broke no promise servd no private end Who gaind no title and who lost no friend.
A statesman is a politician whos been dead 10 or 15 years.
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.
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
The successful revolutionary is a statesman the unsuccessful one a criminal.
Statesman yet friend to truth! of soul sincere In action faithful and in honour clear; Who broke no promise servd no private end Who gaind no title and who lost no friend.