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

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Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

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 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...

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 known vessel that leaks from the top.

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

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the...

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the...

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men...

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...