Under this administration, the value of no-bid contracts has skyrocketed Oversight of federal contracts has been turned over to private companies with blatant conflicts of interest. And when government auditors and whistleblowers do flag abuses, their recommendations are often ignored.
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Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda.
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What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.
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