Moynihan Remembered

George Will, who writes for The Washington Post, has read a recent compilation of the letters of Senator and Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan. His review of Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary by Steven Weisman reminds us of the wit and wisdom of an amazing individual no longer with us. Will's review includes many choice Moynihan quotes, like these:

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.