All you really need to know about Government and Bureaucracy:

Pythagorean theorem: ............................ 24 words.
Lord's prayer: .................................. 66 words.
Archimedes' Principle: ........................... 67 words.
10 Commandments: ................................ 179 words.
Gettysburg address: ............................. 286 words.
Declaration of Independence: .................. 1,300 words.

US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words.