James Reston Zitate auf Englisch

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

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston