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

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Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not...

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not...

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

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

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.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

The rising power of the United States in world affairs requires, not a more compliant...

The rising power of the United States in world affairs requires, not a more compliant...

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because...

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because...

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference...

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan,...

We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan,...