Government Quote by James Reston Download Open image “A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.” — James Reston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Government Politics
It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance, is conducted… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself. — Timothy M. Dolan Copy Share Image
There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year. — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We're looking at leaks very - very, very serious. Those are criminal leaks. They're put out by people either in agencies - I think… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to… — Joan Claybrook Copy Share Image
The rising power of the United States in world affairs requires, not a more compliant press, but a relentless barrage of facts and criticism.… — James Reston Copy Share Image
Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news. — James Reston Copy Share Image
If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology. — James Reston Copy Share Image
This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. — James Reston Copy Share Image
In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out. — James Reston Copy Share Image
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion. — James Reston Copy Share Image
“In 1487 alone, two hundred heretics had-in one of the greatest euphemisms in the history of language-"relaxed," that is, burned at the stake. Dogs… — James Reston Copy Share Image
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in. — James Reston Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Government schools, with your tax money, now discourage the teaching of multiplication tables by rote memorization but teach reading by the 'look-and-say' method which… — Greg Perry Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
