Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding to me and for laying out the problem. I rise proudly to remind my colleagues in this Chamber that what--as Representative Ted Yoho of Florida just mentioned--what is in the Constitution really, really matters. In fact, I credit Ted Yoho for carrying the Constitution with him at all times. I know that he says what is particularly dear to him in the Constitution is the Bill of Rights--those first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. And Representative Johnson alluded to it earlier, it is the Seventh Amendment that we are talking about right now. If you are scoring at home, the Seventh Amendment is the thing that gives you the right to a jury trial in a civil case. And I'll quote it: ``In suits at common law . . . the right of trial by jury shall be preserved . . .'' It is a short sentence, it is unambiguous, it is easy to understand, and it is something that makes us Americans--that we can go to court and have our disputes settled by a jury trial. It is one of the things that has made this Nation great. It is one of the things that we went to war over in the American War of Independence because the British king was trying to take that right away from us. In suits of common law, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved. But I am here to say, Mr. Speaker, that there have been attacks on the Seventh Amendment. As Mr.…”