Political Quotes

“I rise today to discuss President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. During his campaign, then- Candidate Trump regularly talked about how he would be the law and order President. ``Law and order'' means different things to different people, but all of us should be able to agree that we cannot have law and order without the rule of law. The rule of law is not a new or even uniquely American idea. It dates back to the Magna Carta of 1215. This document--a pact between King John of England and his barons--established that the Nation's people have certain rights and that even the monarch is subject to the laws of the land. Centuries later, as we cast off the British monarchy, declared our independence, and established our own form of government, our Nation's founders enshrined the rule of law in our Constitution. Our system of checks and balances was designed to hold all levels of the Federal Government accountable but especially the President. Without the rule of law, law and order becomes merely order imposed by an unaccountable government. We know what order without the rule of law looks like. Last century it looked like the regimes of the Axis Powers. Now it looks like North Korea, Egypt, the Philippines, and, yes, Russia.…”