The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.- Brooks Atkinson (1894 - 1984)
Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy. - Charles Peters
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty. - Eugene McCarthy (1916 - )
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. - Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. - Milton Friedman (1912 - )
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Ernest Benn
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“Yes, Prime Minister.”
Those quotes sound as if they come from experience. Problems again, Bene?
Shalom, Jan
Not me this time round Jan.
Having watched one of the most tawdry election campaigns in memory, with a minority governnment a certainty on Monday, I wish we Canadians would demand our politicans address some systemic problems.
Wishes aren’t worth spit. We aren’t disgusted and fed up enough yet. Blog on!
Nice quotes, Bene. Inspired by your list, I’ve added one for your consideration over at bloggedy blog.
Peace!
Andrew
I’ve linked to it, with a brief comment.