Ambassador Moynihan

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    An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
    Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

    A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just as surely, the future of a society may be forecast by how it cares for its young.
    —Daniel Patrick Moynihan (20th century)