Sentences with phrase «instead of a statesman»

Not exact matches

Seems to me that if we elected real statesmen and not just politicians, we could get to work and make our government truly represent the people and solve some actual problems instead of creating them.

While I would've considered crossing the party line for a statesman like Richard Lugar, you do not have his thoughtfulness, his honesty, or his dedication to serving his constituency instead of just your personal agenda.

So - called Plinian eruptions — named for Roman statesman Pliny the Younger, whose written observations of this very eruption have helped scientists piece together the story of Pompeii and Vesuvius — would instead send large and small chunks of solid, nonflaming pumice flying through the air.

Enter the Statesmen; they're like the Kingsmen except instead of being granted titles paying homage to King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, the institution hands out monikers named after different brands of alcohol to tie in with their front as a liquor distillery.

He'd dropped me off at Warringah Mall on his way through because I was soooooo bored at his last match (in between worrying that one of his elder statesmen team mates would be hospitalised... there was a lot of writhing around on the ground from injuries), but I didn't last very long in the shopping mecca — I've lost the heart and bank balance for it, so I grabbed a coffee and trailed down to his game instead.