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Manchester Monday 5 18th May 2026.

ZE701, British Aerospace 146-100 CC2 Statesman, Royal Air Force, at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.
This was used for VIP transport, particularly the Royal Family.
Then-Prince Charles often flew these (as in, he was at the controls) until he scuffed a landing and ended up leaving the runway at some remote airport.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #BritishAerospace #BAE146 #Statesman #RoyalAirForce #RAF #ManchesterMonday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Claire McNab Apr 11

The UK's so-called "#LabourParty" is trying to rebrand Keir #Starmer as a "#statesman".

Their need is clear. Starmer's leadership faces record low poll numbers, and disaster in Msy elections.

But the claim is risible. The UK has no economic might, diplomatic strength, or military muscle. Starmer has no public charisma, personal charm, or intellectual depth. And a "statesman" is just a politician with notions.

#BorisJohnson tried to use Ukraine as a pick-me-up. Starmer will fail too.

#ukpol

DARLENE RYAN 🇨🇦Mar 11

The world needs so much more of this!! A #Statesman like the president of #Brazil…

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A quotation from John Adams

However, it is the Part of a great Politician to make the Character of his People; to extinguish among them the Follies and Vices that he sees, and to create in them the Virtues and Abilities which he sees wanting. I wish I was sure that America has one such Politician, but I fear she has not.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81614/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #America #character #growth #leader #leadership #moralcharacter #politician #progress #statesman #virtue

Adams, John - Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren | WIST Quotations

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WIST Quotations Dec 23

A quotation from Nietzsche

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies. That means he knows only one class: enemies.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and poet
(Attributed)

More about this quote: wist.info/nietzsche-friedrich/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #nietzsche #control #enemy #opposition #perspective #politician #politics #power #statesman #tools #usefulness

(Attributed) - Nietzsche, Friedrich | WIST Quotations

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies. That means he knows only one class: enemies. This is frequently attributed to Nietzsche, without citation -- a clue that it is a paraphrase of a more complex or nuanced passage. I found only one reference online that mentioned a…

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Knowledge Zone Aug 28, 2025

#OnThisDay Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream speech" (1963) in which he called for an end to racism.

Birth Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749) - German #Writer and #Statesman.

Scientific American magazine published its first issue (1845).

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 1, 2025

A quotation from Orwell

It is difficult to think of any politician who has lived to be eighty and still been regarded as a success. What we call a “great” statesman normally means one who dies before his policy has had time to take effect. If Cromwell had lived a few years longer he would probably have fallen from power, in which case we should now regard him as a failure. If Pétain had died in 1930, France would have venerated him as a hero and patriot. Napoleon remarked once that if only a cannon-ball had happened to hit him when he was riding into Moscow, he would have gone down to history as the greatest man who ever lived.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-05), “Second Thoughts on James Burnham,” Polemic Magazine

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/78144/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #change #death #greatness #mortality #oldage #policy #politician #statesman #leader

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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Dec 21, 2024

Instead the world got a remarkable demonstration of a people grimly united in dread purpose: not only the preservation of their country, but their lives, such is #Russia's #genocidal #mafia ways.

They rose to the occasion in virtually cinematic terms.

#Zelensky, a #television #comedian, became a #heroic #statesman. The #Ukrainian people used their grit, resolve, and spirit to jerry rig a #resistance that made "mighty" Russia look like a joke. The "great statesman" #Putin became the comedian.