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".'
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Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.
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Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.
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Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.
