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Teddy Roosevelt: “Power scattered through many administrators, many legislators, many men who work behind and through legislators and…”

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Power scattered through many administrators, many legislators, many men who work behind and through legislators and administrators, is impalpable, is unseen, is irresponsible, can not be reached, can not be held to account.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He critiques the scattering of power among many administrators, which leads to a lack of accountability.

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