Statecraft Quotes

He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within.

Barbara W. Tuchman

No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of the oil that must grease them.

Geraldine Brooks

He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things.

Geraldine Brooks

The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent.

State first, subject second, statesman last.