Carolina QuotesThe English race, consequently, has long and successfully studied the art of curbing executive power to the constant neglect of the art of perfecting executive methods. It has exercised itself much more in controlling than in energizing government, It has been more concerned to render government just and moderate than to make it facile, well-ordered,and effective.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 206
- work
- "The Study of Administration," 1887
- year
- 1887
- locator
- p. 206
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