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Daniel P. Moynihan
American
Politician
About the author
Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.
Daniel P. Moynihan,
American
Politician
#Public
#Act
#Desire
#Participation
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 P. Moynihan,
American
Politician
#Life
#Government
#Skepticism
#Liberals
The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.
Daniel P. Moynihan,
American
Politician
#People
#Country
#Intelligence
#Ambition
#Corporations
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
Daniel P. Moynihan,
American
Politician
#Government
#Competence