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Quotation of the Day for March 4, 2013"The prolixity of the government's correspondence and orders is a sign of its inertia; it is impossible to govern without brevity." - Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, on the paralyzing effects of bureacratic paperwork in the French Revolutionary government. Quoted in The Demon of Writing: Powers and Failures of Paperwork by Ben Kafka. Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 1, 2013  |
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