var random = new Array ();

	random[0] = "It's not what you and I thought it was.  It has a much more helpful side. - Adam";
	random[1] = "Its purpose is to create and demonstrate understanding of people, places, events, and situations.  When used effectively, rhetoric is benevolent rather than deceptive. - Danielle";
	random[2] = "Rhetoric is really the study of knowledge and how it is expressed and shared through language. - Ludy";
	random[3] = "With rhetoric, we must listen to one another... We may push one another to defend our positions, not because we don't agree, but because we want to gain new knowledge and thus become more informed.  That is rhetoric at its best. - Andrew";
	random[4] = "Rhetoric is a tool to achieve the answers that will result in the common good. Compared to ancient rhetoric, current usage of the term rhetoric is a mutated, horrific beast that gives ancient rhetoric a bad name. - Rob";
	random[5] = "Rhetoric opens the channels of communication between people. In a world of knee-jerk reactions and <i>leaders</i> with over-eager trigger-fingers, rhetoric is a way to open up intelligent dialogue. - Caity";

// This number MUST be changed if more quotes are added, it must always be the last number in the sequence
var lastNum = 5;

var i = Math.floor((lastNum + 1) * Math.random());

document.write(random[i]);