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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes

If you don’t have 30 years to devote to social policy, don’t get involved Picture Quote #1

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it’s so rare Picture Quote #1

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people Picture Quote #1

To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just as surely, the future of a society may be forecast by how it cares for its young Picture Quote #1

American cities have ever been filled with unfamiliar people, acting in unfamiliar ways, at once terrified and threatening Picture Quote #1

What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this is the more important story: What policy wins if the one being disclosed loses? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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If you don’t have 30 years to devote to social policy, don’t get involved (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it’s so rare (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 (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 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 (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just as surely, the future of a society may be forecast by how it cares for its young (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) American cities have ever been filled with unfamiliar people, acting in unfamiliar ways, at once terrified and threatening (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this is the more important story: What policy wins if the one being disclosed loses? (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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