James Reston Quotes

"Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides."
- James Reston
(Related: Wealth, Poverty)

"This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim."
- James Reston
(Related: Whim, Will)

"This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim."
- James Reston
(Related: Whim, Will)

"Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right."
- James Reston
(Related: Right)

"If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology."
- James Reston
(Related: Home, News)

"Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news."
- James Reston
(Related: America, Europe, News, Opinions, Press, Television)

"Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in."
- James Reston
(Related: Adversity, Americans, Prosperity)

"All politics are based on the indifference of the majority."
- James Reston
(Related: Politics, Indifference, Majority)

"A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top."
- James Reston
(Related: Government)

"In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion."
- James Reston
(Related: War, Common sense, First, Open)

"The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top."
- James Reston
(Related: State)