Barbara W. Tuchman quote

Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.
Barbara W. Tuchman
Barbara W. Tuchman
Born: Jan 30, 1912
Died: Feb 6, 1989

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Obey, Discipline, Enough, Easy, Habit, Demands, Idiotic, Bureaucratic, Form, Orders, Plain, Capricious, Reasonable

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