Parkinson's Fourth Law: The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.

The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is the busiest man who has time to spare."

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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.

If there is a way to delay an important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or private, will find it.

Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters.