James Reston

Journalist

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Quietly forceful, original, and sensitive. Tend to stick to things until they are done. Extremely intuitive about people, and concerned for their feelings. Well-developed value systems which they strictly adhere to. Well-respected for their perserverence in doing the right thing. Likely to be individualistic, rather than leading or following.

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Biography

James Barrett Reston, nicknamed “Scotty”, was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid-1930s to the early 1990s. He was associated for many years with The New York Times.

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Quotes by James Reston

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

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

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

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

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

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

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 open discussion.

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

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

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