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Whenever we [public officials] make a mistake, some-one jumps on us for it, but whenever we do something well nobody pays any attention to us. We never get any recognition except when we get ‘bawled out’.

— Leonard D. White

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You cannot give an official power to do right without at the same time giving him power to do wrong.

Public administration is the management of men and materials in the accomplishment of the purposes of the state.

Few of the major tasks of modern administration can be carried out without the constant support of the technician.

Any system of public administration inevitably reflects its environment.

The role of administration in the modern state is profoundly affected by the general political and cultural environment of the age.

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