The vacuum created by a failure to communicate will quickly be filled with rumor, misrepresentations, drivel, and poison.
C. Northcote ParkinsonMake the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
C. Northcote ParkinsonDeliberative bodies become decreasingly effective after they pass five to eight members.
C. Northcote ParkinsonThe man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. He becomes fussy about filing, keen on seeing that pencils are sharpened, eager to ensure that the windows are open (or shut) and apt to use two or three different-colored inks.
C. Northcote Parkinson