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James Reston
 
Date of birth: 03 November 1909
Date of death: 12 June 1995
Country Of Origin: America
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Journalist

Biography:
   James Barrett Reston (November 3, 1909 – December 6, 1995) (nicknamed "Scotty") was a prominent American journalist whose career spanned the mid 1930s to the early 1990s. Associated for many years with The New York Times, he became perhaps the most powerful, influential, and widely-read journalist of his era.

Reston was born in Clydebank, Scotland into a poor, devout Scottish-Presbyterian family, which emigrated to the United States in 1920. After working briefly for the .... (More...)
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" A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top. "

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" All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. "

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

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

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

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

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

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" Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides. "

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