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Gentleman, politician, scholar

JAMES Q. WILSON

I KNEW Pat Moynihan for over forty years. He was without a doubt, as Michael Barone once said, “the nation’s best thinker among politicians since Lincoln and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson.” He served four presidents, two from each party, was twice an ambassador, and graced the Senate for four terms.

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