Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 8, 2013
You can't decide that we think the maximum for burglary should be life instead of 30 years, so we're going to sentence somebody to 40 years.
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Trey Gowdy
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Gowdy emphasizes that laws cannot be arbitrarily changed by authorities.

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