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Where self-interest is violently suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity.

P. J. O'Rourke
Creativity, Self, Initiative
"Centesimus Annus". Encyclical Letter by Pope John Paul II, w2.vatican.va. May 01, 1991.
Where self-interest is violently suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity.