Political Quotes

“a loud lament has been heard about some deprivation of the right to vote one's conscience. But that is exactly why we are here today. All of us in the ultimate must vote the ultimate sense of conscience. That is what this process is all about. We are facing indeed our moment of truth. Now, the moment of truth for the President of the United States first faced him in December of 1997. It faced him in the nature of a legal document, legal in interrogatories that were forwarded to him in pursuit by the Paula Jones attorneys of discovery proceedings in their case, a document laid before the President to be attested to under oath to answer certain questions. The President faced his moment of truth right there and then, the first item in the legal proceedings that have become the hallmark of these proceedings, and there under oath testified falsely. At that moment, he began the chain of events that led a month later to his appearance before the deposition lawyers and judge and, further down the line, to the grand jury in August of that year. But here is the important difference that Members must take into account as they evaluate the evidence.”