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Things become complicated if there are enough people to complexify them.

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
Politician
Sociologist
Teacher
Writer
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.
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