Steve Chabot actually said...

"There are some things that are more important than power and keeping power, and that is the preservation of our democratic republic."

"You don't do everything. You don't violate rules and norms. You don't jeopardize confidence in the democracy just to keep power."

"Would you agree that the American Bar Association takes on a more politically active role than the Federalist Society?"

"the Federalist Society, which was founded on, quote, ``principles that the State exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is e..."