In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.
¶ International Herald Tribune, Paris (18 Nov 1991)
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James Reston (1909-1995) Scottish-American journalist and editor
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
¶ New York Times (12 Jun 1968)
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
¶ New York Times (1968)
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