Bureaucracy (n.) is a form of government where you seldom get civil service.
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Bureaucracy (n.) is a system of government where a citizen elects big bureaucrats who dictate to little bureaucrats who dictate to him.
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Bureaucracy (n.) is governmental officialism where the civil servant is the uncivil master.
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Bureaucracy (n.) is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.
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Bureaucracy (n.) is the government of some of the people, by some of the people, for some of the people.