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Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.
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John Dewey
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Dewey warns about the dangers of bureaucratic inertia, where mistakes can lead to harmful laws that persist over time.
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