Best 9 quotes of James Reston on MyQuotes

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

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

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

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

There isn't a single professional sports season now that doesn't go on at least a month too long. Baseball starts in football weather, and football in baseball weather, and basketball overlaps them both.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

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