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Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The principal objective of American government at every level should be tosee that children are born into intact families and that they remain so.

The principal objective of American government at every level should be to
see that children are born into intact families and that they remain so.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: There are some mistakes only someone with a Ph.D. can make.

There are some mistakes only someone with a Ph.D. can make.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils.

Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: As the family goes, so go the children.

As the family goes, so go the children.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating.

To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.

The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: What is not discussed, will not be advanced.

What is not discussed, will not be advanced.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs.

It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: If you don't have 30 years to devote to social policy, don't get involved.

If you don't have 30 years to devote to social policy, don't get involved.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'

Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.

The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Things become complicated if there are enough people to complexify them.

Things become complicated if there are enough people to complexify them.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The Lord looks after drunks and Americans.

The Lord looks after drunks and Americans.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.

No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals?

I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals?

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having ...

The world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having ...

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact.

People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.

When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing.

If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years.

A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: At the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of the Negro society is the deterioration of the Negro family.

At the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of the Negro society is the deterioration of the Negro family.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Secrecy is for losers.

Secrecy is for losers.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts.

We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: The status quo is working.

The status quo is working.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan quotes: Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.