On the record
The extent of power and the efficiency of organization which we give, so far from being beneficial, are in practice positively injurious.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “The extent of power and the efficiency of organization which we give, so far from being beneficial, are in practice…”
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Van Buren warns that the concentration of power and organization can be detrimental rather than beneficial.
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