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

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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...

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.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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

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

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

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

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

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.

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

A government is the only known 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...

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...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if...

There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.