The central conservative truth is that it

“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: politics
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Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire

“Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: government
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The great corporations of this country were

“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

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: intelligence
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The steady expansion of welfare programs can

“The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: family
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The central conservative truth is that it

“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: change
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The central conservative truth is that it

“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: success
Tags: success, Daniel Patrick Moynihan

 

The central conservative truth is that it

“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: society
Tags: society, Daniel Patrick Moynihan

 

The central conservative truth is that it

“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Category: truth
Tags: truth, Daniel Patrick Moynihan