Quotes of Daniel Patrick Moynihan - somelinesforyou

“ 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

“ 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

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

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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

- 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

“ 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

“ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. ”

- 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

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

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

“ 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

“ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. ”

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

“ 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

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

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

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

- 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

“ 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 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

“ 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

“ 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 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

“ 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

“ 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
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