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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn. – C. Northcote Parkinson

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