Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.
- James Reston
Opinions, News, Television, Stresses
The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
- James Reston
Top, Leaks, Known, Vessel
A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
- James Reston
Government, Top, Leaks, Vessel
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
- James Reston
War, Common, Sense, Common Sense
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
- James Reston
Will, Always, Whim, Affairs
This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
- James Reston
Always, Very, Whim, Affairs
Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.
- James Reston
Wealth, Poverty, Conspicuous, Hides
Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.
- James Reston
Stick, Going, Even, Optimists
If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.
- James Reston
News, Far Away, Away, Close
In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.
- James Reston
Wait, How, Twenty-Five, Foreign Policy
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
- James Reston
Politics, Based, Majority
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
- James Reston
Doing, Always, Been, Handle
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