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Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person read more
Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person to do anything loses.
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 the art of making the possible impossible
Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible
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 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".'
Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.
Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.
Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, read more
Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.
