Daniel Patrick Moynihan was an American public servant with characteristics all too rare today—integrity, intelligence, wisdom.
Moynihan was a Democrat who would find a hard time being at home in today’s Democratic Party.
He was a policy adviser in Democratic (Kennedy) and Republican (Nixon) administrations and went on to serve four terms as a Democratic senator from New York.
Here are two of Moynihan’s many famous observations that are particularly relevant in today’s chaotic times:
“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 culture …read more
Source:: The Daily Signal
