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Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

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What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!

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Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

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Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy.

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The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

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Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

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I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

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This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

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I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

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