Quotes

Quotes about Statesmanship

In statesmanship
To strike too soon is oft to miss the blow.

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson

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

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

Elizabeth II