statesmen

The word is statesmen, few qualify for it.

Thorough MIT study says no, yet price that is awarded to corrupt and sometimes criminal statesmen all the time says yes.

The statesmen of the US are cheaply purchased pawns of various rich industries, and law & order are replaced by high-tech feudalism.

The statesmen in charge during its formative period did not take steps which would have otherwise made such a scenario less likely.

Or do you really believe that is what our statesmen spend their days doing?

Let's not forget Kissinger is among the greatest statesmen in history and has had an enormous role in US and Chinese history.

That's not to say there aren't real heroes and statesmen out there.

If not you have something to look forward to, in the early days of our republic, we generally appreciated educated statesmen.

I've also actually found Russian statesmen and politics to be incredibly transparent.

I love reading letters from important scientists and statesmen of old, but maybe there is some merit in respecting people's privacy even after they pass on.

This is a country with a tradition of great scientists, statesmen, inventors, engineers, traders, and so on - and they suppressed it all for...

The young, western educated man that inherits the throne in North Korea has the potential to become one of the greatest statesmen in history, simply by implementing a series of idiotically simple reforms.

Another good quote along those lines is "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Ralph Waldo Emerson.

But the most likely two are this: degeneration into infighting, power struggle, and the emerging of a "strong man" who isn't any better than the last, or everyone sitting down at the table, agreeing that it's in everyone's best interest to work together, and putting together a slate of non-corrupted statesmen who have the nation's best interest at heart.