"Tamu is a reasonable man. We could talk to him again. He would make even a more generous offer."
"I'm waiting."
"Certainly you did not refute the logic of his argument? We are in the right. Our case is just. The galaxies must be protected from—"
"The right levers, Jack."
"—from those who through ignorance, stupidity, or ferocity would destroy it."
"One more minute of this and there'll be dead people aboard this ship."
"You're helpless, really. You can't fly this ship without me. Therefore my life is safe. I merely refuse to launch it."
"Would you like a dead wife?"
Orin whitened perceptibly.
"She may be a wife to you, but to me she's just a doll who helped lie a man into the chair."