bureaucracy
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n. The engine that keeps the wheels of progress turning ... backwards.
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n. An organizational structure having the primary objective of perpetuating itself.
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n. The application of order to prevent active chaos, resulting in inactive chaos.
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Cynical Quotations
If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.
— Admiral Hyman Rickover
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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
— Wernher von Braun
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The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
— Eugene McCarthy
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Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses.
— Unknown
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Bureaucracies are implemented to prevent people from doing stupid things. A side effect is that they also keep people from doing smart things.
— Guy Smith
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