The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
quote by Dean Acheson
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The Final Tax
Said Statesman A to Statesman Z:
'What can we tax that is not paying?
We’re taxing every blessed thing—
Here’s what our people are defraying:
'Tariff tax, income tax,
Tax on retail sales,
Club tax, school tax,
Tax on beers and ales,
'City tax, county tax,
Tax on obligations,
War tax. wine tax,
Tax on corporations,
'Brewer tax, sewer tax,
Tax on motor cars,
Bond tax, stock tax,
Tax on liquor bars,
'Bridge tax, check tax,
Tax on drugs and pills,
Gas tax, ticket tax,
Tax on gifts in wills,
'Poll tax, dog tax,
Tax on money loaned,
State tax, road tax,
Tax on all things owned,
'Stamp tax, land tax,
Tax on wedding ring,
High tax, low tax,
Tax on everything!'
Said Statesman A to Statesman Z:
'That is the list, a pretty bevy;
No thing or act that is untaxed;
There’s nothing more on which to levy.'
Said Statesman Z to Statesman A:
'The deficit each moment waxes;
This is no time for us to fail—
We will decree a tax on taxes.'
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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.
quote by Stanley Baldwin
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Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable.
quote by Toni Morrison
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Professional Jealousy
Professional jealousy, can bring down a nation
And personal invasion, can ruin a man
Not even his family, will understand whats happening
The price that hes paying, or even the pain
Professional jealousy, started a rumour
And then it extended, to be more abuse
What started out as just, black propaganda
Was one day seen to be, believed as truth
They say the truth is, stranger than fiction
But a lie is more, deadly than sin
It can make a man very, bitter and angry
When he thinks that theres someone, is going to win
Professional jealousy makes other people crazy
When they think youve got something that, they dont have
What they dont understand is its, just not easy
To cover it all, and, stand where you stand
Professional jealousy, makes no exception
It can happen to anyone, at any time
The only requirement is, knowing whats needed
And then delivering, whats needed on time
The only requirement is to, know what is needed
In doing the best you know how, deliver on time
The only requirement is, to know what is needed
Be best at delivering the, product on time.
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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.
quote by Georges Pompidou
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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.
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Fidelity is a gift not a requirement.
quote by Lilli Palmer
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Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
quote by Florence Nightingale
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There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
quote by Arthur Honegger
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Acceptance of dissent is the fundamental requirement of a free society.
quote by Richard Royster
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Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.
quote by Florenz Ziegfeld
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The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius.
quote by Rebecca Pepper Sinkler
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
quote by Abdul Kalam
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There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause.
quote by Cass Sunstein
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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm.
quote by Florence Nightingale
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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.
quote by Florence Nightingale
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The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
quote by Virginia Satir
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Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement.
quote by Derek Harold Richard Barton
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There is only one requirement that will qualify a failure for success
and that is if they’ll accept a mentor and do what they suggest.
poem by Edgar Arthur Tugman
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