Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

Topics: Bureaucracy Quotes, Change Quotes

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man...

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man...

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know...

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know...

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

Solutions are not the answer.

Solutions are not the answer.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is,...

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is,...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

The 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in Washington, printed in triplicate by...

The 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in Washington, printed in triplicate by...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As...

I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As...

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...