Word: statesmen
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Like any president should, Reagan serves for many as a role model. Whether his story is the stuff that rekindles the flame within elder and has-been statesmen is at this point unclear. But he certainly has provided inspiration for another political sector. Reagan before running for president, was governor of California. And before running for governor, he was, well, nothing. Nothing, at least that involved government. The record he built as executive of the Golden State and the surprising success he has had in getting his policies implemented as chief executive of the nation have been for many sufficient...
When Italian President Sandro Pertini called on Ronald Reagan last week, he was welcomed with unusual warmth. As a military honor guard stood smartly at attention, Reagan spoke effusively of the "common ideals" shared by Italy and the U.S. The reception reflected more than the heartfelt kinship of elder statesmen (Reagan is 71, Pertini 85). During his eight-day U.S. visit, Pertini is being embraced as the leader of a staunch and increasingly important ally-a country that, as Reagan put it, "is no fair-weather friend but instead is an indispensable partner...
...opinion of Sadat, I formerly considered him one of the great statesmen of this century; I now think he is one of the greatest statesmen of all time...
...Constitution has been. No one can say exactly how long any plan will last. Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it, and sacrifice for it. Twenty-five years ago, American fighting men looked to the statesmen of the world to finish the work of peace for which they fought and suffered. We failed them. We cannot fail them again and expect the world to survive...
...Both Chou and I were engulfed by our nations' domestic dramas. But if the hopes of the end of 1973 were not to be fulfilled, at least we preserved the essence of a relationship crucial to world peace amid stresses in both countries. Statesmen have often done much worse...