Thus, be every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull the Nazi barrow up an ever-steepening hill

The power of the executive to cast a man into prison, ... without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.

Dangling a carrot in front of a donkey—or anyone else for that matter—is not nice, and not fair, unless you eventually plan to give it up to them.

It's not necessary that I be there right now. If I were to show up and pull out a statement, then it would be all about me, and I'm not the issue. Columbus Day is the issue.

It's a bit of a carrot-and-stick strategy. The carrot is to produce industry-accepted solutions that enterprises want to deploy. The stick is that the carriers are in agreement on these practices and will be checking to see that the vendors are in compliance.

A medal glitters but it also casts a shadow