A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department.
