A politician makes the possible necessary; a statesman makes the necessary possible.
Think of the 'Bridge to nowhere' in Alaska - that was making the possible necessary. Incidentally, this type of quotation is called a chiasmus. See some more very clever phrases at
http://quotes-motivational-inspirational.blogspot.com/2007/10/politician-statesman-quotes-pompidou.html
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