Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want. — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
The law of triviality… briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body. — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to — Cyril Northcote Parkinson
