“As a nation we are, however, slowly accepting the fact that the loose-jointed, easy-going, somewhat irresponsible system of administration which we carried over from our rural, agricultural background is no longer adequate for present and future needs.”

— Leonard D. White

Source: Introduction to the Study of Public Administration, 1926, p. viii (in 1939 edition), as cited in: Moynihan (2009)

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“As a nation we are, however, slowly accepting the fact that the loose-jointed, easy-going, somewhat irresponsible system of administration which we carried over from our rural, agricultural background is no longer adequate for present and future needs.”

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