The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the read more

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D".'

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.