A Bureaucracy Is Sure To Think That Its Duty Is To Augment Official Power, Official Business, Or Official Members, Rather Than To Leave Free The Energies Of Mankind; It Overdoes The Quantity Of Government, As Well As Impairs Its Quality. The Truth Is, That A Skilled Bureaucracy Is, Though It Boasts Of An Appearance Of Science, Quite Inconsistent With The True Principles Of The Art Of Business.

-Walter Bagehot

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A Bureaucracy Is Sure To Think That

Walter Bagehot

A Bureaucracy Is Sure To Think That Its Duty Is To Augment Official Power, Official Business, Or Official Members, Rather Than To Leave Free The Energies Of Mankind; It Overdoes The Quantity Of Government, As Well As Impairs Its Quality. The Truth Is, That A Skilled Bureaucracy Is, Though It Boasts Of An Appearance Of Science, Quite Inconsistent With The True Principles Of The Art Of Business.

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Government

The Maxim Of Science Is Simply That Of Common Sense-simple Cases First; Begin With Seeing How The Main Force Acts When There Is As Little As Possible To Impede It, And When You Thoroughly Comprehend That, Add To It In Succession The Separate Effects Of Each Of The Incumbering And Interfering Agencies.

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