bureaucracy
Noun
Meaning
A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
Government officials, collectively.
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Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.
If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.
Men will always lose the battle against cholera and bureaucracy.