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

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.

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

The 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.

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

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