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> [A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just as surely, the future of a society may be forecast by how it cares for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/a-commonplace-of-political-rhetoric-has-it-that-the-quality-of-a/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

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> [The nature of the new world system was not so different from the old. It was for the moment more stable, but a reasonable forecast would be that Africa in particular had a century of border wars ahead of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/the-nature-of-the-new-world-system-was-not-so-different-from-the-old/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

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## Other authors on Forecasts

## More by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

> [I have no doubt that there will continue to be bumps, some serious crises indeed in our relationship with China… Neither membership in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/i-have-no-doubt-that-there-will-continue-to-be-bumps-some-serious/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/the-us-wished-things-to-turn-out-as-they-did-and-worked-to-bring-this/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/people-who-pierce-the-veil-of-money-rarely-return-with-their/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/we-have-the-right-to-our-own-opinions-but-not-our-own-facts/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/a-commonplace-of-political-rhetoric-has-it-that-the-quality-of-a/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/it-has-proved-politically-wiser-to-set-goals-than-to-start-programs/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for their ignoble ones. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/it-is-perhaps-common-in-the-world-for-individuals-and-nations-to/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [“In the era of security clearances, to be an Irish Catholic became prima facie evidence of loyalty. Harvard men were to be checked; Fordham…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/in-the-era-of-security-clearances-to-be-an-irish-catholic-became/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/what-the-press-never-does-say-is-who-the-leaker-is-and-why-he-wants/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/when-a-person-goes-to-a-country-and-finds-their-newspapers-filled/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/to-be-irish-is-to-know-that-in-the-end-the-world-will-break-your-heart/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/i-can-live-with-the-robber-barons-but-how-do-you-live-with-these/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [The world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/the-world-s-largest-debtor-is-a-distinction-of-sorts-but-not-the-one/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only if a person has the capacity to love another individual but in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/the-institution-of-the-family-is-decisive-in-determining-not-only-if/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

> [The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/the-liberal-left-can-be-as-rigid-and-destructive-as-any-force-in/)

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/)

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