Keyword: Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is the epoxy that greases the wheels of progress.

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer
Government Situations

An enterprise employing more than 1000 people becomes a self-perpetuating empire, creating so much internal work that it no longer needs any contact with the outside world.

Murphy’s Laws

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

The spirit of public service will rise, and the bureaucracy will multiply itself much faster, in time of grave national concern.

Government Murphy’s Laws

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

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Government Time

Bureaucracy is based on a willingness to either pass the buck or spend it.

Government

1. Never use one word when a dozen will suffice.
2. If it can be understood, it's not finished yet.
3. Never be the first to do anything.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws

You should have seen it when I got it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

A sure sign of bureaucracy is when the first person who answers the phone can’t help you.

Government

The organization of any bureaucracy is very much like a septic tank. The really big chunks always rise to the top.

Murphy’s Laws

If an idea can survive a bureaucratic review and be implemented, it wasn't worth doing.

Murphy’s Laws

Bureaucracy: A system that enables ten men to do the work of one.

Definitions Government

In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the organization the less people appreciate Murphy's Law.

Murphy’s Laws

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

(1932 – 2009) U.S. senator (Massachusetts)
People

Bad regulation begets worse regulation.

Murphy’s Laws

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

(1879 – 1972) U.S. governor (South Carolina)
Government Life

Government organization

Oxymorons

If the first person who answers the phone cannot answer your question, it's a bureaucracy.

Murphy’s Laws

An inexorable upward movement leads administrators to higher salaries and narrower spans of control.

Money Murphy’s Laws

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
Government

A giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright
Government