James Reston Quotes
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If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.
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In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
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Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
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He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
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A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
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In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.
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This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.
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Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.
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All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
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The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
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People are always dying in the Times who don't seem to die in other papers, and they die at greater length and maybe even with a little more grace.
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Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.
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This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.