“What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this is the more important story: What policy wins if the one being disclosed loses?” IfsWantDoeImportantStoriesWinningLosesPolicyPressesEspionage Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.” PeopleKnowsImportantKnow HowInformationLoserSecrecy Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“The Soviet Union came apart along ethnic lines. The most important factor in this breakup was the disinclination of Slavic Ukraine to continue under a regime dominated by Slavic Russia. Yugoslavia came apart also, beginning with a brutal clash between Serbia and Croatia, here again 'nations' with only the smallest differences in genealogy; with, indeed, practically a common language. Ethnic conflict does not require great differences; small will do.” DoeImportantLanguageNationsDifferencesLinesCommonConflictUnionsRussiaFactorsBreakupSovietRegimesBrutalSmallestSoviet UnionUkraineClashEthnic ConflictGenealogySerbiaYugoslaviaCommon LanguageCroatia Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“I'm a Democrat, and there are an important group of things only the government can do. But let us be clear that for most of the world, what they most need is less government.” WorldNeedsImportantGovernmentCan DoClearGroupsDemocrat Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or declining, how they are distributed as between different ages, sexes, and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups, and again, which way these numbers are moving.” PeopleWayImportantDifferentGovernmentAgeMovingSocialSexNumbersClassGrowingGroupsImmigrationSocial ClassEthnic GroupsDifferent Ages Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
