At the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of the Negro society is the deterioration of the Negro family.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanIn too many cases, if our Government had set out determined to destroy the family, it couldn't have done greater damage than some of what we see today.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanCitizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanThe world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanLiberty lives in protest and democracy prospers under conditions of change. When we travel about the world and come to a country whose newspapers are filled with bad news we feel that liberty lives in that land. When we come to a country whose newspapers are filled with good news, we feel differently.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan