Beuracracy Quotes

“A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah's Children

“The law is so complex and voluminous
that no one, not even the most knowledgeable lawyer, can understand it
all. Moreover, lawyers and legal scholars have not gone out of their way
to make the law accessible to the ordinary person. Just the opposite: Legal
professionals, like the priests of some obscure religion, too often try to
keep the law mysterious and inaccessible.”
― Jay Feinman

“Biurokratija, kaip ir kariuomenė, turi savo pasyvų paklusnumą; tai sistema, kuri užgniaužia sąmonę, žmogų paverčia nieku ir galų gale jį, tartum kokį sraigtą ar veržlę, prisuka prie valdžios mašinos.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Papà Goriot / Un tenebroso affare

“It doesn't seem right to me. I'd rather folks paid more for oil, than pay for their oil with my life.”
― Robert Fisk, The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East