Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Quotes

We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this.

We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this.

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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

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

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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

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

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The richest inheritance any child can have is a stable, loving, disciplined family life.

The richest inheritance any child can have is a stable, loving, disciplined family life.

- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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