At the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of the Negro society is the deterioration of the Negro family.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanThe US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook. This task was given to me, and I carried it forward with no inconsiderable success.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanThe single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
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 Moynihan