The machinery of the government has become so complex and unwieldy—so full of departmental and petty offices—that it is utterly beyond the power of one man, though he be “a great and mighty President,” to understand and control it.
Woodhull critiques the complexity of government, arguing that it has become too intricate for any single leader to manage effectively.
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