• The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-bye to the Bill of Rights.

    H. L. Mencken: The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-bye to the Bill of Rights.
    "On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe". Book by H L. Mencken, 1956.