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• The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
  This is not always easy to achieve. ACHESON...
• There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead. -- Arthur Honegge
• A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants visio
  but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience....
• You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the presidency.
  -- Wendell Phillip...
• He is almost a statesman. He lies well.
• Responsibility always exceeds authority. -- Kinkler's First Law All the easy problems have been solved.
  -- Kinkler's Second Law...
• Kinkler's First Law: Responsibility always exceeds authority.
  Kinkler's Second Law: All the easy problems have been solved....