Bureaucracy Quote by Donald Rumsfeld

Solutions must be based on compromises.

— Joschka Fischer

We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the…

— Mike Rounds

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find…

— Donald Rumsfeld

“Have a strict decision-making process: Decisions cannot wait because each day you delay a decision, it costs, so decision making in a project has…

— Rajendra B. Aklekar

“Strong processes with measurable outcomes eliminate bureaucracy and expose underperformers.”

— John Rossman

It is easy to prescribe improvement for others; it is easy to organize something, to institutionalize this or that, to pass laws, multiply bureaucratic…

— Albert J. Nock

“The solution is to adjust our demands, so as to bear the costs of them ourselves, and to find the way to put pressure…

— Roger Scruton

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Few better ways exist to ensure problems will arise in a given task than by making plans for afterward.”

— Joseph R. Lallo

“It's easy to shoot down good ideas, interesting policies, or worthwhile experiments by assuming that whatever you decide now needs to work for years…

— Jason Fried

Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.

— Donald Rumsfeld

“If all our careful planning cannot prevent problems, then our best method of response is to enable employees at every level to own the…

— Ed Catmull