Linda Lingle Quotes

A politician thinks of the next election; the statesman thinks of the next generation

The difference between a politician and a statesman is: a politician thinks of the next election and a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation

You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.

You make a good politician, but you've got to develop a philosophy.

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

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

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

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

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.

It is seldom that public men see more beyond direct consequences.

Government is not for the short-winded.

Some people might have different ideas about what progress looks like, and some are cynical and place their short-term political interests ahead of what is good for our country. But many of them aren't cynical and try hard to do their best.

The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?

Men who think in lifetimes are of little use to statesmanship.

Marriage does not exist for the benefit of the present generation but for the benefit of the next

All good men and women must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the next generation to a level we could only imagine.

Learn how to grow out of yourself and into the world of others: Plant a shade tree under which you know you will never sit. Set some goals that may benefit your children or an orphanage or the employees of your company or future generations or your own city, fifty years from now.