Noun
The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. Enoch Powell
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. James Russell Lowell
Statesmanship [...] must consider first the fortunes of the common people. No statesman has a right to risk these fortunes unless he be reasonably assured of success. John Buchan
One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship. Milton Friedman
Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak. Walter Lippmann
Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians. Fletcher Knebel