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James Reston
November 3, 1909 - December 6, 1995
Nationality: American
Category: Journalist
Subcategory: American Journalist

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.

   

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