Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes

Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils.

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• Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils.

  

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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