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Harry TrumanA bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

—  Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953]

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Laurence J PeterBureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

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Northcote ParkinsonAdministrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige.

—  Northcote Parkinson, 1909-1993, British historian

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Peter DruckerLarge organizations cannot be versatile. A large organization is effective through its mass rather than through its agility. Fleas can jump many times their own height, but not an elephant.

—  Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru

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Franz KafkaAs a flood spreads wider and wider, the water becomes shallower and dirtier. The Revolution evaporates, and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

—  Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer

Thomas SowellMystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible, but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

Honoré de BalzacBureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

H.L. MenckenThe only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it’s good-bye to the Bill of Rights.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Laurence J PeterEgypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

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