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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes

American Politician March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003

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Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan quote: "The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force..."
The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The Soviet Union came apart along ethnic lines. The most important factor in this breakup was the disinclination of Slavic Ukraine to continue under a regime dominated by Slavic Russia. Yugoslavia came apart also, beginning with a brutal clash between Serbia and Croatia, here again 'nations' with only the smallest differences in genealogy; with, indeed, practically a common language. Ethnic conflict does not require great differences; small will do. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Am I embarrassed to speak for a less than perfect democracy? Not one bit. Find me a better one. Do I suppose there are societies which are free of sin? No, I don't. Do I think ours is, on balance, incomparably the most hopeful set of human relations the world has? Yes, I do. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan quote: "The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is..."
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan quote: "To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break..."
To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan quote: "No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not..."
No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard from there. The greater the number of complaints being aired, the better protected are human rights in that country. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan quote: "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to..."
You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan quote: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own..."
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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