Quotes on Government Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.