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The more things a government undertakes to do, the fewer things it can do completely. When the government tries to do everything it must do everything badly.

Henry Hazlitt
Government, Trying, Fewer
Henry Hazlitt (1971). “Man Vs. the Welfare State”, p.183, Ludwig von Mises Institute
The more things a government undertakes to do, the fewer things it can do completely. When the government tries to do everything it must do everything badly.