Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by James Reston

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

James Barrett Reston, nicknamed "Scotty", was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid-1930s to the early 1990s. He was associated for many years with The New York Times.

American - Journalist | November 3, 1909 - December 6, 1995

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

James Reston

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

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

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

James Reston

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

James Reston

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

James Reston

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

James Reston

Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.

James Reston

Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by James Reston

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