James Reston Quotes & Sayings

#1. All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

#2. Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

#3. Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

#4. The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

#5. Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

#6. In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

#7. This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

#8. In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.

#9. Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

#10. A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

#11. If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.

James Reston Quotes