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.
What is not discussed, will not be advanced. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
What is not discussed, will not be advanced.
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
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… - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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…
Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the power… - 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 power…
The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.
The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generatio… - 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 generatio…
Marriage orients men and women toward the future, asking them not just to commit to each other but to plan, to earn, to save, and to devote themselv… - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Marriage orients men and women toward the future, asking them not just to commit to each other but to plan, to earn, to save, and to devote themselv…
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
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 si… - 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 si…
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