President Washington sought to teach statesmanship to build a cadre of leaders. Statesmanship has suffered lately, but might be coming back.
The test of a statesman is to make what is distant or vague appear near and vivid. This test is more difficult in democratic societies whose...
Perhaps it’s just a tall tale, but President Harry Truman reputedly said that a statesman is nothing but a dead politician. As is well known, however, Harry...