Famous Quotes | A bureaucracy is sure to think...

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
Attribution: Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), British economist, critic. The English Constitution, ch. 6 (1867).

Categories: Bureaucracy, Critic, Economist

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