“The economy - once a great scatter of small productive units in autonomous balance, has become dominated by two or three hundred giant corporations, administratively and politically interrelated... The political order, once a decentralized set of several dozen states with a weak spinal cord, has become a centralized executive establishment which has taken up into itself many powers previously scattered... The military order, once a slim establishment in a context of distrust fed by state militia, has become the largest and most expensive feature of government.” TwoStatesGovernmentPoliticalOrderThreeEconomyTakenMilitaryBalanceHundredWeakCorporationsFeaturesGiantsExpensiveProductiveExecutivesFedsEstablishmentDozenUnitsDistrustCordsMilitiaSlimAutonomousSpinal Cord Author:C. Wright Mills
“Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn, tends to bring out authoritarian tendencies in many bosses. To balance this, we now know a lot more about how we can successfully cope with a situation that is not likely to improve in the near future.” KnowsWorldTurnsSituationGreaterBalanceStressPressureTendenciesExecutivesBoss Author:Srikumar Rao
“You don't just give the executive branch unlimited resources, unlimited power. Our founders were very concerned about too much power being invested in any one, in any branch. The balance of power is fundamental to our system.” GivingToo MuchBalanceResourcesConcernedFundamentalsBranchesExecutivesFoundersUnlimitedUnlimited PowerBalance Of PowerExecutive BranchToo Much Power Author:Mike Huckabee
“I don't want to be a great executive without being a great mom and a great wife. I don't want to look back and say I wish I had done things differently.” WantLooksDoneBigsWishWifeMomBalanceExecutivesGreat MomGreat Wife Author:Angela Ahrendts
“It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is the legislative branch. Logic and reason are like jazz solos. The bass player is the judicial branch. One our greatest ever is Milt Hinton, and his nickname is "The Judge."” ReasonPlayerJudgingBalanceLogicJazzChecksBranchesExecutivesSoloOrchestraBassJudicialNicknamesBass PlayersExecutive BranchLegislative BranchJudicial Branch Author:Wynton Marsalis