Philander Chase Johnson Quote

A statesman usually affects an impressive demeanor, not because he believes he is a great man, but to avoid disappointing his constituents, who do think so.


Senator Sorghum's Primer of Politics (1906)


A statesman usually affects an impressive demeanor, not because he believes he is a great man, but to avoid disappointing his constituents, who do...

A statesman usually affects an impressive demeanor, not because he believes he is a great man, but to avoid disappointing his constituents, who do...

A statesman usually affects an impressive demeanor, not because he believes he is a great man, but to avoid disappointing his constituents, who do...

A statesman usually affects an impressive demeanor, not because he believes he is a great man, but to avoid disappointing his constituents, who do...