Bureaucracy, theruleof no one, hasbecomethemodern form of despotism.

-McCarthy,Joseph R(aymond)
  'Vita  Activa', in the NewYorker,18 Oct.

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

-Peter, LaurenceJ
  In the San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan.

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

-Schumpeter,Joseph Alois
  Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, ch.18.

However many people may complain about the'red tape', it would be sheer illusion to think for a moment that continuous administrative work can be carried out in any field except by means of officials working in offices† The choice is only that between bureaucracy and dilettantism in the field of administration.

-Weber, Max
  Collected in Guenther Roth and ClausWittich (eds) Economy and Society (1978), ch.3.