‘If your goal in the speaker selection process was to make graduating seniors happy about leaving this university, then mission accomplished.’
— Senior Matthew Braslow, to Northwestern University President Henry Bienen about the selection of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley as the school’s commencement speaker
‘Matthew, grow up.’
— Bienen, in an e-mail to Braslow
‘Think about this vote because if you vote for this, you’re voting to live under Big Brother. You’re voting to live in a spy society.’
— State Sen. Rickey Hendon (D-Chicago), on failed legislation in the Illinois Senate that would finance cameras at stoplights in DeKalb, LaSalle, McLean, Peoria, Sangamon and Winnebago Counties
‘I think we’ve gone beyond the reach of this press conference.’
— Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson, when asked if Winston & Strawn, his law firm, would provide free defense services if another Illinois governor is indicted
