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The object of administrative study is to rescue executive methods from the confusion and costliness of empirical experiment and set them upon foundations laid deep in stable principle.<ref name=sectionTwo>Study of Administration, Section II</ref></blockquote>

The object of administrative study is to rescue executive methods from the confusion and costliness of empirical experiment and set them upon foundations laid deep in stable principle.<ref name=sectionTwo>Study of Administration, Section II</ref></blockquote>

For Wilson, administration was at the height of clarity and reason, whereas politics is far below, stuck in the "dull level of technical detail".  In addition, he wrote:

For Wilson, administration was at the height of clarity and reason, whereas politics is far below, stuck in the "dull level of technical detail". In addition, administration transcends the "lasting maxims of political wisdom", of "permanent truths of political progress".  This is a direct rejection of the wisdom of the [[Founding Fathers|founding generation]] of Americans who relied heavily upon "unalienable rights". Wilson would later be more direct, when telling a crowd of listeners "do not repeat the preface" of the [[Declaration of Independence]].<ref>[https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=313 Woodrow Wilson and the Rejection of the Founders' Principles]</ref> In addition, he wrote:

<blockquote>Self-government does not consist in having a hand in everything, any more than housekeeping consists necessarily in cooking dinner with one's own hands. The cook must be trusted with a large discretion as to the management of the fires and the ovens.<ref name=sectionTwo /></blockquote>

<blockquote>Self-government does not consist in having a hand in everything, any more than housekeeping consists necessarily in cooking dinner with one's own hands. The cook must be trusted with a large discretion as to the management of the fires and the ovens.<ref name=sectionTwo /></blockquote>