The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess...

Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess...

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

Expenditures rise to meet income.

Expenditures rise to meet income.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure...

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure...

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard...

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard...

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some...

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some...

In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they...

In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they...

Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is...

Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is...

Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.

Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the...

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the...

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item...

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item...