Rory: Listen, I think it might be a good idea to consider getting behind this hemline issue.
Paris: You're kidding, right?
Rory: No. I mean, if girls want the option of making their skirts a little shorter, then who cares, right?
Paris: I care. I'm building a legacy here, Rory. You want the first stand I make against the faculty to involve a fashion choice? It would be my "gays in the military".
Rory: I just think it would be really smart to establish some goodwill among the other class presidents.
Paris: Why?
Rory: Because you have to work with them, and you might even need their support on something in the future. And throwing them a tiny bone like a hemline amendment is no big deal.
Paris: I don't know.
Rory: Look, it's right at the beginning of your term. No one will even remember the first stupid thing that you passed. You have plenty of time to establish your legacy. I mean it. By the time that you implement public executions for line cutters, hemlines will be a thing of the past. I was making a joke not a suggestion.