Daily Inspiration Quote by Hal Stratton

This is the velvet-glove version of a threat: tell us fast, or we will make you wish you had. Hal Stratton, speaking as a lawyer and former regulator, frames disclosure to the Consumer Product Safety Commission as a shared sprint toward safety, not a forced march toward liability. The line is engineered to lower corporate defenses. Instead of “comply or else,” he offers “act together,” a phrase that recasts an adversarial relationship as a partnership and subtly invites companies to imagine themselves on the same moral team as the government.

The specific intent is behavioral: accelerate reporting. The CPSC can’t move quickly without timely data, and delayed reporting is one of the classic ways product hazards metastasize into headlines, recalls, and lawsuits. Stratton’s language anticipates the standard corporate calculus - legal exposure, reputational damage, stock hits - and tries to flip it. “Quicker” is repeated like a metronome, turning speed into the only metric that matters. He doesn’t argue about whether companies should report; he implies the debate is over and the only question is how soon.

The subtext is that regulators are watching timelines. Reporting isn’t just an ethical act; it’s a strategic one that can shape enforcement posture, public messaging, and the severity of penalties. “Protect consumers from injuries” functions as the closing moral anchor: it’s hard to publicly disagree with preventing harm, which makes any hesitation look like choosing profits over people. In the post-recall, post-viral outrage economy, Stratton is also signaling: delay won’t stay private for long.