Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who w…

P. J. O'Rourke
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (2015). Thrown Under the Omnibus, p.203, Atlantic Books Ltd
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