Sentences with phrase «act as statesmen»

Most of all, let our leaders act as statesmen, not as salesmen.

It involves a lot of «ifs,» admittedly, and a prime minister acting as statesman within his own borders

Not exact matches

As a statesman, one has to act on the assumption that problems must be solved [New York Times, October 13, 1974, p. 341.]

The dementia did focus on the acting brilliance of Ronald Reagan (as president, statesman, and front man for «Voodoo Economics» that once critics Bush - Clinton - Bush would perpetuate in the name of popularity and built to corporate bedding and betting that led to the housing and mortgage scandals) but as is common with the disease forgot to script how Reagan's communication then heavy in specifics would behoove this current crop of actors that waffle in soliloquies signifying nothing.

The New Statesman reports that «local members believe that Mahmood may be acting as the stalking horse for his sister, the current mayor of Waltham Forest, Saima Mahmud, who may be a candidate in the event of a trigger ballot against Creasy».

1 — While he may be popular in the party, he neither has official «Deputy» status (Harriet Harman), nor is he an «elder statesmen» to act as caretaker (Jack Straw), so he could not presume to take it unchallenged.

Fisher's elder statesman turn as Leia, complete with cane, is poignant partly because her acting is so economical.