To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, c… — Cordell Hull

To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work.

Cordell HullPublic Servant · American · 1871 – 1955

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Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand. — William Feather
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. — Mark Twain
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