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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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gutenberg.orgMistakes 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.
Dewey warns about the dangers of bureaucratic inertia, where mistakes can lead to harmful laws that persist over time.
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