Bureaucratic overreach
Cry Wolf Quotes
Unlimited power entrusted to bureaucrats warps their judgment on the opinions they might have as normal citizens.
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William L. Daley of the National Editorial Association warned.
An unfettered exercise of power is certainly beneficial to no one, and governmental departments are no exception to this rule.
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Edward J. Breck, president of John H. Breck Inc. (a major cosmetics firm), Testimony, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce hearings.
[The ergonomics standard is] the most expensive, intrusive regulations ever promulgated, certainly by the Department of Labor and maybe by any department in history.
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Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) assistant majority leader. The Los Angeles Times.
It is important to public health, therefore, that Government regulations should not hamstring the medical advances produced by the industry. Disease and death can result from unnecessary delay in permitting a lifesaving drug to reach the public…
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Eugene M. Beesley, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PMA). Testimony, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce hearings.
