Impeachments In The Past Quotes & Sayings

I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead. — J.D. Salinger

What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks. — Bob Hoskins

Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act. — Paul Hawken

The rocking of the deck beneath his feet made his stomach heave, and the wretched food tasted even worse when retched back up. — George R R Martin

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures. — Arthur Erickson

I've done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country. — Jim Sensenbrenner

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less. — Charles Kennedy

The prosecution [of impeachments], will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust, and they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself. — Alexander Hamilton

Without making the actual attempt, without trial and strife, there can be no true knowledge, no progress, no high achievement, and no legend. — Brendon Burchard

To mee, who with eternal Famine pine,
Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven,
There best, where most with ravin I might meet;
Which here, though plenteous, all too little seems
To stuff this Maw, this vast unhide-bound Corpse. — John Milton

Courage wasn't a matter of taking the whole mountain in a single massive leap. Courage was taking it one step at a time, doing what was necessary now, preparing for the next step, and refusing to worry about whether some step in the future would be the one that would break him. — Timothy Zahn

Little fictions. That's what her father called them. Not lies, just stories to twist the brain into a new shape, to allow the light to spill in with a different color, to throw rainbows instead of shadows. — Hugh Howey

Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause I'm like that a lot. You think everything's ok, and it is ... 'till it's not. — Ani DiFranco

I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments. — David Letterman

Virginia: Oh, you made it.
Tony: I was going to say the same to you. I've been here quite a while
Virginia: Really?
Tony: Yes, about an hour.
Virginia: I didn't know it was a race.
Tony: I didn't know that was a path. — Kathryn Wesley

The awful discretion, which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and the most distinguished characters of the community, forbids the commitment of the trust to a small number of persons. — Alexander Hamilton

I have a fantasy that might be fun. Why don't we try it? — Sue Johanson