No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The work of democratic government is routinely concerned with matters defined as — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Political society wants things simple. Political scientists know them to be complex… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals? — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in american life. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it’s so rare. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the negro — 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: — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan