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

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

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

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...

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing...

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing...

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...

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

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

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

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...

Expenditures rise to meet income.

Expenditures rise to meet income.

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...

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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.

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.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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...

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...

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...