A statesman

Pedro Passo Coelho, PM of Portugal

There is a difference between the typical politician and the statesman. 

A typical politician is that person who tells people what people want to hear, 

while the statesman tells people what people need to know.

Oscar Arias

It is only natural that for any statesman 

at the helm of any government 

the question of his country's security 

should be a concern of the utmost importance.

Eisaku Sato

"I see the governmental activity, in particular, 

that which I have been associated to, in these last four years, 

as a sevice we provide to our entire community. (...) 

There is no contradiction between leading a party and ruling a country. 

I think this is an important insight that one should have 

in the culmination of a week of political formation, 

"said the leader of the PSD, Pedro Passo Coelho, PM.

The prime minister then spoke about the political parties,

 stressing that these "should not aspire to divide the society, 

let alone in this case, the Portuguese." 

"We can never have a strictly partisan sense of the mandate we receive, 

because we should not rule just for those who voted for us. (...)

 We have to rule for all, "he said.

"What is expected, is someone who can rule a country, 

while respecting the differences, 

not wanting to arrogantly use the vote of every man and woman,

for whatever he himself thinks and desires. 

You can not dig a kind of artificial separation 

between what are your party's ideas 

and what is your interpretation 

of what all the Portuguese need and want, "he said.

Anxiously awaiting the hysterical reaction from the socialists!!