BRITISH economist and philosopher Edmund Burke once said, "The great difference between the real statesman and the pretender is, that the one sees into the future, while the other regards only the present; the one lives by the day, and acts on expedience; the other acts on enduring principles and for immortality."

It is important that in order for any society to survive in constantly changing times is to have timeless principles as its bedrock and foundation. An example of which is the concept of a statesman. A statesman is no ordinary governmental leader but is a kind of public servant leader who is wise, skillful and well experienced in handling public matters and concerns. He is also one who people normally believe to be of good character and is of well repute. Thus, every generation needs to have their own statesmen serving them in different capacities in various public institutions for it to develop and enrich everything that it inherited from the past and lead the way as it passes its gains to the succeeding generations.

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