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Bureaucracy Quotes
"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency."
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"If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork."
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"The only problem that ever really seems to bother empire builders is bureaucracy. Before a new colony on the frontier could be founded, the Senate and Triumvirate would have to pass the plan. Factors influencing the High Lords decision would include, among others, the number of people needed to found the colony and whether this would result in any significant population shift. Another, more critical factor would be whether Tactical Defense could spare the ships or the manpower to patrol the area."
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"I believe in opening mail once a month, whether it needs it or not."
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"Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records."
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"Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism."
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"The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine."
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"Twenty-first century medicine must not be confined to a twentieth-century bureaucracy."
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"Now, come over here so I can pat you down.""But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure."He stood next to the armless statue. Terminus conducted a rigorous mental pat down."You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?""Yes," Percy said. "I declare that this is stupid."
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"Lefever describes his financing plan with modesty:"'Our detailed budget is realistic, but does not take into account the inflation that may occur before September 1983. The one place it could cut or reduce is item 7, the simultaneous interpreter services, if these services could be provided gratis by the U.S. government.'""In other words, the only way to make a saving on a U.S.-subsidized project is to take money out of another U.S.-subsidized column."
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"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious."
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"Taxes for people with too much damned time on their hands."
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"It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called 'termination,' as in ontological erasure."
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"Big Government' is a lot less like a 'Big Brother', and a lot more like a mother-in-law."
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"But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested."
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"Funding for the Special Operations Network comes directly from the government. Most work is centralized, but all of the SpecOps divisions have local representatives to keep a watchful eye on any provincial problems. They are administered by local commanders, who liaise with the national offices for information exchange, guidance and policy decisions. Like any other big government department, it looks good on paper but is an utter shambles. Petty infighting and political agendas, arrogance and sheer bloody-mindedness almost guarantees that the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing."
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"It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money."
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