I sought in political reporting what Galsworthy in another context had called "the significant trifle" - the bit of dialogue, the overlooked fact, the buried observation which illuminated the realities of the situation.
If you expect to see the final results of your work, you simply have not asked a big enough question. - I. F. Stone
If you expect to see the final results of your work, you simply have not asked a big enough question.
- I. F. Stone
If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had. - I. F. Stone
If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.
Rich people march on Washington every day. - I. F. Stone
Rich people march on Washington every day.
A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements. - I. F. Stone
A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements.
Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie. - I. F. Stone
Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem. - I. F. Stone
If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem.
When war comes, reason is regarded as treason. - I. F. Stone
When war comes, reason is regarded as treason.
All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out. - I. F. Stone
All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.
If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie. - I. F. Stone
If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.
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