All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
James Reston

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

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.
James Reston

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

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

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
James Reston

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
James Reston

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