It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for their ignoble ones. For nobility is an occasion for pride, the most treacherous of sentiments. — 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 Image
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 Image
People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
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 Image
It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals? — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
