Nick Clooney Quotes

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

Citizen statesmanship recognizes legitimate local or special needs, but it places the national interest first.

We're so used to thinking in the short term, and the minute you speak in more long-term language then you tend to get dismissed as utopian and so on. We have a real problem here in making long-term thinking respectable

Governments, however, must think not only of the present, but of the rights of future generations.

I think I would just want to say that I do view serving in government as an honor, and I do view it as a responsibility.

There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.

I'm looking for leaders who are going to go to Washington for a season, not career politicians. People who understand that the strength of America comes from the private sector, not Washington, D.C.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.'

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.

If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country.

Taking care of people is the duty of every politician.

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.

The distinction between a statesman and a politician is that the former imposes his will and his ideas on his environment while the latter adopts himself to it.

Government is not for the short-winded.

What Republicans have to get away from is just worrying about the next election and start thinking about what is good for the country down the road.

The business of serving the American people is a tough, and sometimes thankless task.

The need to incorporate longer term time scales into our societal choices is very real—and right in the lap of our generation.