Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in. |
This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. |
A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top. |
In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out. |
Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news. |
The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. |
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. |
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion. |
Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides. |
Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right. |
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. |
If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology. |