A Quote by Warren G. Bennis

Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.

Warren G. Bennis

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Beyond Different First Get Government Layer Layers Like Many Most Never Onion Outsiders Peel Second Through Understand

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Warren G. Bennis
American - Author
March 8, 1925 - July 31, 2014

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