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James Reston
American
Journalist
About the author
In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Policy
#Years
#Foreign policy
Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Poverty
#Wealth
This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Will
#Whim
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Will
#Whim
Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Right
If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Home
#News
Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Europe
#Television
#America
#Opinions
#Press
#News
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Americans
#Prosperity
#Adversity
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Majority
#Politics
#Indifference
A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#Government
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#War
#First
#Open
#Common sense
The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
James Reston,
American
Journalist
#State