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    “When in charge, ponder; When in trouble, delegate; When in doubt, mumble”

    James Harlan Boren was amused by government bureaucracy and fromed the National Association of Pofessional Bureaucrats (NATAPROBU).

    The organization’s coat of arms was a duck snarled in red tape.
     
    NATAPROBU (according to an August 1970 Associated Press article) had three philosophical laws: (1) When in charge, ponder; (2) When in rouble, delegate; and (3) When in doubt, mumble.

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  • Laurence J. Peter Quotes: When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.
  • When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.” — Quote by Cory Doctorow.

    • These were further explained in Boren’s 1972 book, When in Doubt, Mumble: A Bureaucrat’s Handbook.
         
     
    Google News Archive
    24 August 1970, The Day (New London, CT), “‘When in Doubt, Mumble’—Bureaucrat Slogan” by Gordon Brown, pg.

    6, col. 1:
    WASHINGTON (AP)—Bothered by progress and understanding? The National Association of Professional Bureaucrats stands ready to help get you back to a confused and furious standstill.
    (...)
    With its motto “when in doubt, mumble” and its coat of arms a rampant duck snarled in red tape, N

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