James RestonThinkers

An Election is a bet on the future, not a popularity test of the past.

Golf is a plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.

Government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

Leaking (information) is rampant in politics. As they say, government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

Leaking (information) is an ever-present issue in government — the ship of state is the only ship that leaks from the top.

The Majority is that upon whose indifference all politics are based.

Politics is always based on the indifference of the majority.

Richard Nixon is a man who inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.

Sociology is distinguished from news in this way: if it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.