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'''Sam Lowry''': And.. you can't tell me what the proper channels are, because that's classified information?<br />
'''Dawson''': I'm glad to see the Ministry's continuing its tradition of recruiting the brightest and best, sir.<br />
'''Sam Lowry''': Thank you, Dawson.|''[[Brazil (
{{quote|''I can't harbor a fugitive, I'm an un-elected official!''|'''Nessarose''', ''[[Wicked (
{{quote|''They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy - not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.''|''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'''s entry on Vogons}}
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They look at our labour and laughter as a tired man looks at flies.<br />
And the load of their loveless pity is worse than the ancient wrongs,<br />
Their doors are shut in the evening; and they know no songs.''|''The Secret People'' by '''[[
{{quote|'''Dr. McCoy''': The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.|''[[Star Trek IV:
{{quote|''I like bats much better than bureaucrats.''|'''[[
{{quote|''The junior Mr Popplewick is not permitted to expect anyone.''|''[[
{{quote|'''The Doctor''': Is there no way to expedite the procedure?<br />
'''Mr. Popplewick''': ''[Outraged]'' Expedite?! I am a senior clerk, sir. To me the procedure is sacrosanct! My work is a celebration of all that is perfect! Why speed perfection?!<br />
'''The Doctor''': Because your employer wants me dead.<br />
'''Mr. Popplewick''': ... You seem to have found the one little weakness in our procedure, sir.|''[[
{{quote|''I really don't like that dude. He's an ''ass-hole.''''|'''Robert Epps''', ''[[Transformers (
{{quote|''All the documents must be signed.<br />
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'''Coop:''' * grumbles* I'll give ya "fall apart".|''[[Megas XLR]]''}}
{{quote|''Bureaucracy...now that ''is'' inherently evil. Worse still, it's hard to pin it on any particular bureaucrat.''|'''Reverend Theo''', ''[[
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