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

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

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The rising power of the United States in world affairs requires, not a more compliant press, but a relentless barrage of facts and criticism.…

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

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

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

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

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“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…

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All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

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

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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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