Indifference Quote by James Reston Download Open image “All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.” — James Reston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Indifference Politics
It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course,… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes. — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are… — Walter Judd Copy Share Image
Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule;… — William Allen White Copy Share Image
There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one,… — James Madison 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
Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Copy Share Image
If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
Indifference is harder to fight than hostility, and there is nothing that kills an agitation like having everybody admit that it is fundamentally right. — Crystal Eastman Copy Share Image
Love and hate, despite their polar opposites, are both feelings that are induced by passion. I can handle that. It's the indifference I don't… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
What's wrong with death sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I'm not very interested in people. I recognize it in myself - there is a basic indifference toward people. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
One's own troubles can be borne with fortitude; only a monster of indifference can bear the sufferings of others with fortitude. — Susan Ertz Copy Share Image
Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it seemed to… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
Indifference to one's own faith is no proof of tolerance. Loyalty to one's own is part of a larger loyalty to faith generally. — Abba Hillel Silver Copy Share Image
