The really basic thing in government is policy. Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy. (Adlai Stevenson II)

The really basic thing in government is policy. Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.

Adlai Stevenson II

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