“Abbie Hoffman: You think we were responsible? Richard Schultz: I think you got the result you were looking for. Abbie Hoffman: So did Nixon. Richard Schultz: How about that.”— Aaron Sorkin, Richard Schultz, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, imdb.com
“No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.”— Martin Van Buren, amazon.com
“The people who say technology has disconnected you from others are wrong. So are the people who say technology automatically connects you to others. Technology is just a tool. It's a powerful tool, but it's just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It's not a tool. It's not a means to an…”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.edu
“I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.”— Benjamin Harrison, en.wikiquote.org
“In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may injure us more seriously, but it will not wound us so deeply as a stone thrown deliberately by a malevolent hand. The blow may miss, but the intention always strikes home.”— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, amazon.com