The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it’s so rare.
—Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Topics: Government
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 his own opinion, but not his own facts.
—Daniel Patrick Moynihan
No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.
—Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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