James Reston Quotes
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~ James Reston Quote
One of the advantages of defeat in life - maybe the main advantage - is that it provides an excuse for change. Defeat... invariably leads to new adventures.
~ James Reston Quote
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
~ James Reston Quote
Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.
~ James Reston Quote
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
~ James Reston Quote
The grossest thing in our gross national product today is our language. It is suffering from inflation.
~ James Reston Quote
The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
~ James Reston Quote
In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.
~ James Reston Quote
This was a great year for preventive worrying. Seldom in recent history have so many people worried about so many things that didn't happen in the end.
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Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.
~ James Reston Quote
Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences.
~ James Reston Quote
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
~ James Reston Quote
Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.
~ James Reston Quote
If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.
~ James Reston Quote
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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