Political Quotes

“And still I rise because I love my country. And still I rise because there is a crisis that has to be addressed. Madam Speaker, the system of checks and balances that we have instilled within our government, a system that the Framers of the Constitution devised such that there would not be a concentration of power in the hands of the chief executive officer of the government, in fact, is to prevent a concentration of power in any aspect. There is power that is spread across the government. There are three branches of the government. I want to focus this morning, if I may, on two--the executive and the legislative--because, Madam Speaker, this morning, as I stand before you, a proud American, I must inform all that the system of checks and balances is at risk. It is at risk because we now have a President who does not believe that he can or will be impeached. We have a President who refuses to allow Congress to perform its constitutionally accorded oversight responsibilities. When you have a President who does this, Madam Speaker, you lose the power of Congress. It becomes concentrated in the President.…”