Examples of statesmanlike

• Both were eager to demonstrate their statesmanlike qualities and their sense of national responsibility.

• Would it not be more statesmanlike to go back to the local authorities with an open mind and reconsider these matters?

• The extremist agitator of yesterday is the statesmanlike political leader of today.

• Would it not be statesmanlike to break the vicious circle by deliberately putting coal on the market at less than cost price?

• That is not a statesmanlike way of dealing with an important industry like agriculture.

• But instead, their approach was considerably restrained and remained statesmanlike throughout the crisis.

• They did not vote for what they called their constructive and statesmanlike alternative; so, presumably, they do not want that.

• This was a very balanced and statesmanlike statement, but his speech was quite a different speech.