| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 53616 |
| QUOTATION: | The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Anglo-Irish playwright, critic. “Maxims for Revolutionists: Idolatry,” Man and Superman (1903). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shaw Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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