Publicly, we're saying we're better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people… — David Hunt Copy Share Image
“I think government starts civilization not writing. In fact why did writing happen in the first place? What happened was bureaucrats were… — Roy Casagranda Copy Share Image
I believe in lower taxes. I believe in more efficient government. I believe in reducing bureaucracy. I believe that we shouldn't have… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
But what began in 1941 was a process of destruction not planned in advance, not organized centrally by any agency. There was… — Raul Hilberg Copy Share Image
The tax that was supposed to soak the rich has instead soaked America. The beneficiary of the income tax has not been… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
I am for joining a free trade zone. The European Union is not such zone, but a zone of raging bureaucracy which… — Janusz Korwin-Mikke Copy Share Image
You don't often see the words "Discipline" and "Dreaming" in the same sentence. But I believe this duality is critically important to… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
The public sector can only feed off the private sector; it necessarily lives parasitically upon the private economy. But this means that… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake. — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need. — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
Citizens everywhere, and especially soldiers, should remember that entrenched bureaucracy, whatever the level, can be overcome. You've got to stick to it,… — William G. Bainbridge Copy Share Image
Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I have tried to be more flexible, but I always end up feeling more uncomfortable. Retaining a sense of control is really… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
For an American, as mad you may be about whatever the EPA or the IRS does, just imagine if you only had… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Be prepared for the creation of an intrusive bureaucracy to police the ordinance by examining the books and payroll ledgers of businesses... — Randy Hamilton Copy Share Image
In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control, and those dedicated to the… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by… — Charles Bowers Copy Share Image
Some third person decides your fate: this is the whole essence of bureaucracy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist, and idle speculation is what novelists do. How odd to spend one's life trying to pretend that non-existent people… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All companies have a culture, some companies have discipline, but few companies have a culture of discipline. When you have disciplined people,… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge is adding the bureaucracy it takes to run the company without becoming fat, lazy, inflexible - bureaucratic. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The unions are the worst thing that ever happened to education because it's not a meritocracy. It turns into a bureaucracy, which… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Let every nation, right now, do what is best for all citizens of the world: eliminate every form of intervention that would… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image