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Ronald Reagan: Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.

On the recordJuly 29, 1981
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Republican Party Reception in Atlanta, Georgia

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