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

Quote by James Reston

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

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.

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

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

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...

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.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy...

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy...

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.

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love...

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love...

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them...

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them...