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Government means politics, and interference by government carries with it always the implication of coercion. We may accept the expanding power of bureaucrats so long as we bask in their friendly smile. But it is a dangerous temptation. Today politics may be our friend and tomorrow we may be its victims.

Owen D. Young

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Owen D. Young
Age: 87 †
Born: 1874
Born: October 27
Died: 1962
Died: July 11
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