James Reston Quotes

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

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Opinions, News, Television, Stresses

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

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Top, Leaks, Known, Vessel

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

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Government, Top, Leaks, Vessel

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

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War, Common, Sense, Common Sense

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

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Will, Always, Whim, Affairs

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

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Always, Very, Whim, Affairs

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

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Wealth, Poverty, Conspicuous, Hides

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

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Stick, Going, Even, Optimists

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

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News, Far Away, Away, Close

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

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Wait, How, Twenty-Five, Foreign Policy

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

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Politics, Based, Majority

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

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Doing, Always, Been, Handle

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