Statesman Quotes

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.
I grow old learning something new every day.
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
Learn to obey before you command.
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
Speech is the mirror of action.
A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.
A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.
I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth.
I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.
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