James Reston Quotes

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

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

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.

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

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

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

Golf is the Lord's punishment for man's sins.

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.

Nations like individuals have to limit their objectives or take the consequences.

The grossest thing in our gross national product today is our language. It is suffering from inflation.

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.

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