A politician is a man who understands government and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or fifteen years.


As quoted in: The New York World-Telegram and Sun, 12 April 1958

Harry S. Truman Quotes

A politician is a man who understands government and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or...

A politician is a man who understands government and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or...

A politician is a man who understands government and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or...

A politician is a man who understands government and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or...