Max Weber on the Virtues of Bureaucracy

„The great virtue of bureaucracy - indeed, perhaps its defining characteristic ~ was that it was an institutional method for applying general rules to specific cases, thereby making the actions of government fair and predictable.“

Max WeberMax Weber explains how bureaucracy makes government actions fair and predictable through institutional procedures.
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Maximilian "Max" Carl Emil Weber was a German sociologist and economist.

Max Weber describes bureaucracy’s fundamental function of applying general rules fairly and predictably.


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Max Weber quote about the virtue of bureaucracy and fair, predictable government

Max Weber (1864–1920) was a prominent German sociologist, economist, and political economist, considered one of the founding figures of modern sociology. He is known for his work on bureaucracy, capitalism, and political sociology.

Walter Lippmann quote about bureaucracy, routine, and government administrationCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof." Walter Lippmann
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Quote on bureaucracy and despotic power by Walter LippmannCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Though it is disguised by the illusion that a bureaucracy accountable to a majority of voters, and susceptible to the pressure of organized minorities, is not exercising compulsion, it is evident that the more varied and comprehensive the regulation becomes, the more the state becomes a despotic power as against the individual. For the fragment of control over the government which he exercises through his vote is in no effective sense proportionate to the authority exercised over him by the government." Walter Lippmann
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H. G. Wells quote about power, government, honesty, and the rule of lawCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open and truthful and legal. As soon as a government departs from that standard it ceases to be anything more than 'the gang in possession,' and its days are numbered." H. G. Wells
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Quote by Max Weber on Human Nature and MoneyMax Weber quote image about human nature and moneyCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkMax Weber quote about culture, meaning, and the human interpretation of the worldCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkQuote by Max Weber on Culture and Meaning