Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there will continue to be bumps, some serious crises indeed in our relationship with China… Neither membership in the… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for their ignoble ones. For… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
“In the era of security clearances, to be an Irish Catholic became prima facie evidence of loyalty. Harvard men were to be checked; Fordham… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals? — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
The world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only if a person has the capacity to love another individual but in the… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share
