Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to these baseless Articles of Impeachment and the unprecedented process that has been used in this effort to impeachment the duly elected President of the United States. It is a mockery of American justice. In 1788, one of our Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, wrote in the Federalist Papers: In many cases, impeachment will connect itself with the preexisting factions . . . and in such cases, there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparable strength of parties, majority and minority, than by real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. What does this mean? It means that the majority can exert its influence regardless of justice. In this statement, Hamilton warned us about the danger of mob rule. Democrats have a criminal and have been searching for a crime for 3 years, but this President has not committed a crime. As the leader of American foreign policy, the President has a constitutional obligation to root out corruption in countries to which we provide aid. This is not an abuse of power. It is his job. One of the articles is obstruction of Congress. The only thing that has been obstructed is this President's right to due process. I don't blame the President for refusing to fully participate in this guilty-until-proven circus. This is not how our Founding Fathers framed American justice. This is a tragic day in our Nation's history.…”