just business

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."

- Abraham Lincoln [1809-1865] in a letter to Horace Greeley [1811-1872], August 22, 1862.

on not being a victim

"Things happen. People get hit by cars. People can have health issues. You can have unfortunate things happen. I think the most important thing is to do the pragmatic thing and move on."

- RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie [born 1961] on a recent $600 million intellectual property settlement.

An earlier reference to Balsillie here.