There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from ad…

Abraham Lincoln
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There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration. ✨ Attributed in W. T. Roche's address at Washington, Kansas, April 9, 1942; Congressional Record, April 15, 1942, vol. 88, Appendix, (p. A149), 1942.
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