• 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 10 or 15 years.

    Harry S. Truman: 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 10 or 15 years.
    "The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations".