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A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top - James Reston Quotes

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

If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology - James Reston Quotes

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

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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. - James Reston Quotes

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.

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

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

America American Journalist

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion - James Reston Quotes

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. - James Reston Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

Adversity American Journalist

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides - James Reston Quotes

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

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. - James Reston Quotes

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.

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