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Teddy Roosevelt: No matter how well a bureau or division may be organized and directed, you can not get the best work out of it unless it…

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No matter how well a bureau or division may be organized and directed, you can not get the best work out of it unless it is associated with, and co-operating with, the other bureaus and divisions which are engaged in cognate lines of work and with which it naturally belongs.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt stresses the importance of collaboration among government departments to achieve optimal results.

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