Quotes from James Reston


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    If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.

    Home | News | Sociology


    The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

    Ship | Top | State


    Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

    Poverty | Wealth | Hides


    All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

    Politics | Majority | Based


    Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

    Adversity | Prosperity


    This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

    Conform | Foreign | Affairs


    A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

    Government | Top | Vessel


    In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

    War | Free | Open


    In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.

    Wait | Policy | Foreign


    Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

    Tough | Stick | Optimists


    Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

    Opinions | News | Television


    This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

    Conform | Foreign | Affairs


       

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