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     A selection of random thoughts, quotations and remarks on Bureaucracy                 The viewpoints expressed are not necessarily my own but are shown here since even dissenting opinions can be worthy of consideration.

We've all got our pet peeves but I'd say that one of the most common is about handling bureaucracy and dealing with bureaucrats. If this is one of your's, you will appreciate the words of U.S. Grant: "Rules are made for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools." Bueaucracy has the growth characteristics of a germ culture in a petrie dish The fall of the Roman Empire went hand-in-hand with the rise of the Roman bureaucracy. Freedom and bureaucracy are mutually exclusive Commonsense goes out of the window when rules come in through the door. Rules are a bureaucrat's excuse for doing nothing.