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When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 16
Died: 2003
Died: March 26
Diplomat
Former United States Senator
Military Personnel
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Sociologist
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Writer
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing.
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