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.
Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Subject: Politics & Public Policy
Our greatest weakness is the habit of reducing the most complex issues to the most simplistic moralisms. About Communism. About Capitalism. About Crime. About Corruption […] It has made it difficult for Americans to think honestly and to some purpose about themselves and their problems. Moralism drives our thought.
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We have acquired bad habits of speech and worse patterns of behavior, lurching from crisis to crisis … [ Read more ]
Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Subjects: Culture, Life & Society, Politics & Public Policy