Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
James Reston
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A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.
Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.
The ship of state 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 conform to our whim.
Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.
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