Honest opinion about government from Paul Weyrich:
Whether in Russia or in the United States, bureaucracy rewards immoral behavior and punishes the honest man. And so it works to turn the honest man into a liar and a cheat. That is not an accident. It is part of the soul of bureaucracy.
"Bureaucracy: An Inherent Evil?" in Future 21, 1984
A political organizations executive, Paul Weyrich has been a newscaster and a political reporter. He was an assistant to U.S. Senator Gordon Allott of Colorado (1966-1973) and U.S. Senator Carl Curtis of Nebraska (1973-1977). He was the founder and original president of the Heritage Foundation (1973-1974), the largest conservative think tank. He has also been the national chair of the Free Congress PAC and president of the Free Congress Foundation. Recipient of a number of awards, including the Documentary of the Year Award for Wisconsin TV (1965), Weyrich is president of National Empowerment Television. He is the author of The Role of Rails series (1964), an editor of Future 21: Directions for America in the 21st Century (with Connaught Marshner, 1984), and a contributor to The New Right Papers (Robert W. Whitaker, editor, 1982).
Quotation and short bio from The Quotable Conservative: The Giants of Conservatism on Liberty, Freedom, Individual Responsibility, and Traditional Values. Rod L. Evans and Irwin M. Berent, editors. Holbrook, Mass.: Adams Publishing, 1996.