Power in a corporation becomes residual and dwells in the background. It is the ability to exercise nice matters of judgment.

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.

In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet.

Depriving an entire branch of government of its ability to exercise meaningful oversight is a decidedly wrong course to take.

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene.

Power only tires those who don't exercise it.