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Charles J. C. Lyall
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There are four things that hold back human progress. Ignorance, stupidity, committees and accountants.
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Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
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If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himsel
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy. (Answering North Vietnamese charge that US could not endure)
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Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
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Committees keep minutes and lose hours.
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"If you leave the room, you're elected." -- Law of Committees
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