Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare."

by:	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) American�politician, U.S. Senator (NY-D)
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Categories:	Government, Competence, Integrity
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Not shooting the messenger, makes you smile 'because', of the accuracy. -- Mike, Norwalk 1
Right on. "Drain the swamp!" ? No! Empty the septic tank. -- bruski, naples FL 1
Mr. Moynahan was a product of an earlier, occasionally reasonably rightly attached to reality generation of not unfailingly steeped in Statist dogma Democrats, without question. -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill 1
-- Jim K, Austin
I wonder what he was referring to... the rarity of his own competence or his fellows? A politician always speaks out of both sides of his/her mouth -- this is one of those statements that says nothing but reinforces the speaker's reputation for being wise... -- E Archer, NYC 1