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

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

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Bureaucracy Democracy Political theory

Author

Joseph Schumpeter

Source

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Genre

Economic literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Economist

From

Austria Europe

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Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 3, ch. 18.

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Well, the people have spoken-the bastards.

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The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

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Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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