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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes: In public administration good sense would seem to require that public expectation be kept at the lowest possible level in order to minimize eventual disappointment.
         

In public administration good sense would seem to require that public expectation be kept at the lowest possible level in order to minimize eventual disappointment.


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