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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes

People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact Picture Quote #1

There is one unmistakable lesson in American history: A community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future Picture Quote #1

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life Picture Quote #1

I’m a Democrat, and there are an important group of things only the government can do. But let us be clear that for most of the world, what they most need is less government Picture Quote #1

The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government Picture Quote #1

A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years Picture Quote #1

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The world’s largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having Picture Quote #1

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You’d think that would be pretty obvious Picture Quote #1

I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals Picture Quote #1

You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts Picture Quote #1

Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils Picture Quote #1

So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the decolonizing process, have now changed their system to state-socialism. Small elites run them, and they aren’t sharing societies. They aren’t even socialist. The power of the state has been merged with business property and you have the greatest concentration of power that’s possible Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing Picture Quote #1

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You’d think that would be pretty obvious Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults Picture Quote #1

Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us Picture Quote #1

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What is not discussed, will not be advanced Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts Picture Quote #1

The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth Picture Quote #1

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect Picture Quote #1

No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty Picture Quote #1

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As the family goes, so go the children Picture Quote #1

Things become complicated if there are enough people to complexify them Picture Quote #1

It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs Picture Quote #1

... there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or declining, how they are distributed as between different ages, sexes, and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups, and again, which way these numbers are moving Picture Quote #1

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness Picture Quote #1

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire Picture Quote #1

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People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) There is one unmistakable lesson in American history: A community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) I’m a Democrat, and there are an important group of things only the government can do. But let us be clear that for most of the world, what they most need is less government (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) The world’s largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You’d think that would be pretty obvious (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the decolonizing process, have now changed their system to state-socialism. Small elites run them, and they aren’t sharing societies. They aren’t even socialist. The power of the state has been merged with business property and you have the greatest concentration of power that’s possible (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) 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) If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You’d think that would be pretty obvious. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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) Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) What is not discussed, will not be advanced (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) 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 Quotes) Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) 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 (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) As the family goes, so go the children (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) Things become complicated if there are enough people to complexify them (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) ... there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or declining, how they are distributed as between different ages, sexes, and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups, and again, which way these numbers are moving (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) 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 Quotes) Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes)

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