Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

Quote by P J O'Rourke

Topics: Government Quotes

Never fight an inanimate object.

Never fight an inanimate object.

What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are...

What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are...

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death...

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death...

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them...

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them...

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for...

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for...

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage...

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage...

Never fight an inanimate object.

Never fight an inanimate object.

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the...

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the...

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for...

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for...

When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having...

When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having...

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores...

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores...

The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they...

The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...