“Yet a man’s career concerns all society. The question of where you could be most useful to your fellow men comes first. Its not what you can get out of society, its what you can give.” — Toohey
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“I will seek someone who understands that justice isn’t about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook; it is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people’s lives, whether they can make a living and care for their families, whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation.” — Obama

“Mercy is superior to justice, the shallow-hearted to the contrary notwithstanding.” – Ellsworth Toohey
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“I taught constitutional law for 10 years, and when you look at what makes a great Supreme Court justice, it’s not just the particular issue and how they ruled. But it’s their conception of the court. And part of the role of the court is that it is going to protect people who may be vulnerable in the political process, the outsider, the minority, those who are vulnerable, those who don’t have a lot of clout.” –Obama

“I’d rather be kind than right.” – Toohey

if you want a real life toohey, if you want someone who is a destroyer of art, look no further then hollywood, or the music biz today as exemplified by the actual true life conversation that i once was privy to….

writer: …and it’s great…it’s never been done before!

t.v. exec: uh. we don’t…do that.

Oh, and yeah. It’s hard to quote exactly what Limbaugh says on the radio after he gets done with all the editing.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280009
“In response to Media Matters’ documentation of his recent description of service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq as “phony soldiers,” Rush Limbaugh claimed that he had not been talking “about the anti-war movement generally,” but rather “about one soldier … Jesse MacBeth.” Limbaugh then purported to air the “entire” segment in question. In fact, the clip he aired omitted a full 1 minute and 35 seconds of discussion that occurred between Limbaugh’s original “phony soldiers” comment and his subsequent reference to MacBeth.”

“So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, “Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.” (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here’s the point. Everybody thinks it’s outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, “Oh, you can’t do that.” Why not? Why is it any different, what’s new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what’s gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don’t care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: “Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails.” Somebody’s gotta say it.”

It’s always funny to see people put Limbaugh down without ever having listened to the man. Instead, they rely on third- or fourth-hand accounts that are so distorted or out of context they’re not even recognizable as actually coming from Limbaugh.