14 ordspråk av James Reston

GB  James Reston

James Reston föddes den November 3rd 1909 och dog den 6 December 1995 - Scottish-US journalist
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 A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top

 All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 The conflict between the men who make and the men who report the news is as old as time. News may be true, but it is not truth, and reporters and officials seldom see it the same way. In the old days, the reporters or couriers of bad news were often put to the gallows; now they are given the Pulitzer Prize, but the conflict goes on.

 The rising power of the United States in world affairs requires, not a more compliant press, but a relentless barrage of facts and criticism. Our job in this age, as I see it, is not to serve as cheerleaders for our side in the present world struggle but to help the largest possible number of people to see the realities of the changing and convulsive world in which American policy must operate.

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

 Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides



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