Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind it only the slime of bureaucracy. Franz Kafka
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. Honore de Balzac
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism. Mary McCarthy
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. Laurence J Peter
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. P J O’Rourke
Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work. Albert Einstein
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. Wernher von Braun
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency. Eugene McCarthy
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. Dean Acheson