"Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.
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“Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.”
“I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference. It was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things.”
“Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.”
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“Equity sends questions to Law. Law sends questions back to equity; Law finds it can't do this, equity finds it can't do that; neither can do anything, without this solicitor instructing and this counsel appearing for A, and that solicitor instructing & that counsel appearing for B.”
“The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place.”
“The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.”
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