DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
SECTION: GENERAL REFERENCE MATERIAL
SUBSECTION: QUOTES TO REMEMBER
Revised 8/15/99

 

 

QUOTES TO REMEMBER

Bill Clinton

"My only enemy is right-wing religious fundamentalism." – Clinton per Marquez (Jerusalem Post 3/28/99)

We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans . . . . "-- William J. Clinton, USA Today, March 11, 1993.

President Clinton about the improperly obtained FBI files "honest bureaucratic snafu."

"Before the century ends, we should establish a permanent international court to prosecute the most serious violations of humanitarian law. Just last week, we lost some of our finest sons and daughters in a crash of a UN helicopter in Bosnia. Five were Americans, five were Germans, one Polish and one British; all citizens of the world we are trying to make. The United Nations must play a leading role in this effort, filling in the fault lines of the new global era." - Bill Clinton, advocating Globalism in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 1997.

"What I'm trying to do is to promote a process of reorganization of the world so that human beings are organized in a way that takes advantage of the new opportunities of this era. If we can prove that you can merge integrated economies and integrated democracies, then we'll be more likely to build a global system of this kind." - Bill Clinton, advocating to reporters in Buenos Aires the effects of Globalism; October 17, 1997

7/8/98 Fox News "President Clinton said Wednesday that closing an income gap between the races could help ease racial tensions in America."I think that whenever possible, if you think that there is a class-related or an income-related element in the difficulties we have with race, we ought to have income- based solutions to it,'' Clinton said.

"From New Hampshire forward, for reasons that absolutely mystified me, the press thought the most important issue in the race was the middle class tax cut." - - President-elect Bill Clinton, news conference, 1/14/93

"...I will tell you this: I will not raise taxes on the middle-class to pay for these programs." - - Bill Clinton, presidential debate, 10/19/92

"To middle-class Americans who have paid a great deal over the last 12 years and from whom I ask a contribution tonight..." - - Bill Clinton, announcing the largest tax increase in history, State of the Union address, 2/17/93

"I take full responsibility, proudly, for what we did. It [raising taxes] was the right thing to do." - -Bill Clinton, press conference, 10/19/95

"You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say." - - President Bill Clinton, 5/29/93

"I haven't been accused of doing anything wrong, and I haven't done anything wrong, and I'm not gonna do anything wrong." Bill Clinton, press conference; quoted from "The Clinton Chronicles"

"I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I am going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never. These allegations are false," Mr. Clinton

1/26/92 Washington Post ".excerpts from the interview of Clinton and his wife, Hillary, by Steve Kroft of CBS's "60 Minutes." .Bill Clinton: That's up to the American people and to some extent up to the press. This will test the character of the press. It is not only my character that has been tested.."

Reuters 8/18/98 Clinton speech ".Still, I must take complete responsibility for all my actions, both public and private. While my answers were legally accurate, I did not volunteer information..But I told the grand jury today and I say to you now that at no time did I ask anyone to lie, to hide or destroy evidence or to take any other unlawful action. .I can only tell you I was motivated by many factors. First, by a desire to protect myself from the embarrassment of my own conduct.. I must put it right, and I am prepared to do whatever it takes to do so.."

Drudge 8/19/98 ".At the height of Watergate in the summer of 1974, during Bill Clinton's race to become a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, Clinton once declared: "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign." ."

Drudge 8/19/98 "."No question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and interfering with the FBI is an impeachable offense." -- Bill Clinton, ARKANSAS GAZETTE, August 8, 1974, page 7-A. .In the wake of President Nixon's public admission that he had lied about his role in Watergate, Clinton, then a law professor at the University of Arkansas, said: "I think it is plain that the president should resign and spare the country the agony of impeachment and removal proceedings." "I think the country could be spared a lot of agony... if he'd go on and resign," Bill Clinton declared. .The ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT, two days earlier -- August 6, 1974, page 10-A -- quoted Bill Clinton again talking about the need for Nixon to leave office: "Bill Clinton, Democratic candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, said, "There is nothing left to say. There's no point putting this country through an impeachment since [Nixon] isn't making any pretense of innocence now... This country has suffered so long." ."

Weekly Standard 9/10/98 Clinton: "People expect you to look them in the eye, tell 'em the truth, and they evaluate it."--Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 29, 1992

Weekly Standard 9/10/98 Clinton: "There is no such thing as truth to [George Bush]. He just says whatever sounds good." --Boston Globe, Oct. 29, 1992

Weekly Standard 9/10/98 Clinton: "I am concerned by any action which sends a signal that if you work for the government, you're above the law, or that not telling the truth to Congress, under oath, is somehow less serious than not telling the truth to some other body under oath." --As president elect, after the Iran-Contra pardons, December 1992

9/11/98 Prayer Breakfast at White House, Clinton: ". I ask you to share my prayer that God will search me and know my heart, try me and know my anxious thoughts, see if there is any hurtfulness in me, and lead me toward the life everlasting. I ask that God give me a clean heart, let me walk by faith and not sight."

From Freeper ridensm "The road to tyranny, we must never forget, is the destruction of the truth." - Bill Clinton, University of Connecticut, October 15, 1995

New York Post 10/20/98 "Now, therefore, I, William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 18 through October 24, 1998, as National Character Counts Week."

USIA White House Correspondent 12/24/92 Diane McDonald ".Asked about the pardons at a news conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, later in the day, President-elect Clinton said he did not have all the details on the matter and would withhold comment until he had had a chance to study the president's statement and related information. However, Clinton said he was concerned "by any action which sends a signal that, if you work for the government, you're above the law, or that not telling the truth to Congress under oath is somehow less serious than not telling the truth to some other body under oath." ."

FReeper KS remembers "The roots of America's greatness are embedded in the character of its citizens. From our Founder's passion for justice and equality to the social consciousness and humanitarian spirit of today's citizens, the character of our people has inspired the world. Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, our communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual lives and in the life of our country..."Bill Clinton, 18 October 1997

Freeper KS remembers "I am pleased to sign into law S. 24, the reauthorization of theIndependent Counsel Act ensures that no matter what party controls the Congress or the executive branch, an independent, nonpartisan process will be in place to guarantee the integrity of public officials and ensure that no one is above the law." "Regrettably, this statute was permitted to lapse when its reauthorization became mired in a partisan dispute in the Congress. Opponents called it a tool of partisan attack against Republican presidents and a waste of taxpayer funds. It was neither. In fact, the independent counsel statute has been in the past and is today a force for government integrity and public confidence .." "It is my hope that both political parties would stand behind those great objectives."William Jefferson Clinton, 30 June 1994

Clinton 3/5/99 "…The United States has had a long-standing policy in favor of expanding the Security Council to include Japan and Germany, largely because of the size of their economies and their influence, and their importance for that reason. And we have been -- we have recognized that there are countries in the developing world that believe they should have more permanent membership. So we have been for an expansion in the size of the Security Council, generally, to guarantee certain continents and regions a permanent position…."

When asked about helping China by giving away U.S. "secrets" at a White House press conference on April 30, Clinton gave this bizarre reply: "We [U.S. and China] are trying to build the same kind of world in the future ... a very different kind of world."

Although Bill Clinton was a Professor at the University of Arkansas, teaching Constitutional Law, he has erroneously said the phrase "of the people, by the people and for the people" is part of the Constitution.

Clinton said : "What I'm trying to do is promote a process of reorganization of the world so that human beings are organized in a way that takes advantage of the new opportunities in this area." Said to Argentine reporters in Buenos Aires, 17Oct97.

NYT 6/30/98: Clinton to a Chinese questioner at Beijing that he has no hidden motive: "IF I DID, I WOULD MASK IT BEHIND A SMILE, BUT I DON'T "

President Clinton: "I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I had changed government policy solely because of a contribution."

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 8/9/86 "…On other topics, Mr. Clinton said he would "absolutely be willing" to take a drug test as President Reagan and Vice President George Bush will do to set an example toward achieving a drug-free American work place…."

"We did not ignore evidence" of the Chinese theft of nuclear warhead secrets, the President said. "Quite the contrary - we acted on it." William Jefferson Clinton, March 12, 1999

"We have investigated it, we continue to investigate it. We have dramatically increased our intelligence. I believe we have taken all appropriate steps." William Jefferson Clinton, March 12, 1999

"To the best of my knowledge, no one has said anything to me about any espionage which occurred by the Chinese against the labs, during my Presidency," William Jefferson Clinton, April 8, 1999

Let me say, first of all, in response to the question you raise, I read The New York Times article today, and while I can't comment on specific intelligence reports as a matter of policy, I noted that even the article acknowledged that the alleged espionage might not have been connected to the national labs, which is the question I was asked in the press conference." William Jefferson Clinton, April 8, 1999

CHINA MFN: "We will condition favorable trade terms with repressive regimes--such as China's Communist regime--on respect for human rights, political liberalization, and responsible international conduct." Putting People First, September 1992. "We will link China's trading privileges to its human rights record and its conduct on trade and weapon sales." August 13, 1992. "I am moving, therefore, to delink human rights from the annual extension of most-favored nation trading status for China." May 26, 1994. Freeper Caliban

MILITARY ACTION IN HAITI: "I have no intention of asking our young people in uniform...to go in there to do anything other than implement a peace agreement..." October 13, 1993. "...I think that we cannot afford to discount the prospect of a military option [in Haiti]." May 3, 1994. Freeper Caliban

BOSNIA: "We will make the U.S. the catalyst for a collective stand against aggression, the action I have urged in response to Serbian aggression in Bosnia . . ." August 13, 1992. "I think we should act. We should lead. The United States should lead." April 23, 1993. "I cannot unilaterally lift the arms embargo [on Bosnia].... Our allies decided that they weren't prepared to go that far this time." June 15, 1993. "The United Nations controls what happens in Bosnia." June 15, 1993. Freeper Caliban

MISSION IN SOMALIA: "The ultimate goal is to make sure that the United Nations can fulfill its mission there and continue to work with the Somalis toward nation building." June 16, 1993. "The U.S. military mission is not now nor was it ever one of `nation building.'" October 13, 1993. Freeper Caliban

Washington Times; Inside Politics 5/13/99 Sean Scully "...At the other end of that bridge to the 21st century lies Utopia, at least according to the president. "We'll have all this fabulous technology and we'll be e-mailing people on the South Pole or wherever," Mr. Clinton said in a speech Tuesday at the Hubert Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner. "Our kids will have pen pals in Africa and Mongolia. We'll jet around on airplanes and do business with people at the tip of Tierra del Fuego. Our kids will speak Japanese and Russian; one of them will solve the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh." [see Remembering the Dead - Human Rights Unknown Deaths on Nagorna-Karabakh]

THE PHOENIX GAZETTE 6/4/94 Bill Clinton "...It is in this region [CHINA] that many of the profound challenges to America's national interest can be found; it is in this region that our generation's progress will in large part be measured..... Our challenge is how to trade with China without trading away our ideals; how to help economic growth lead to greater individual freedom; how to advance our interests in a more open China while recognizing other substantial interests in China and throughout Asia..... We will encourage the business community to work for progressive change. We will ask American business leaders to join us in developing a voluntary set of principles regarding the activity of American firms doing business with or in China, so that their presence will do more to improve working conditions, expand the access of Chinese people to information and otherwise enhance human rights conditions in China...... The actions I have taken with regard to China are in the long-term interests of both the United States and China. I am confident that they will prove to be the best way to advance the cause of human rights...."

 

Others

"We moved swiftly and we continue to impose on China the strictest controls," Sandy Berger, March 12, 1999

Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" ... he said the information he was told three years ago was "very general and very preliminary." In addition, he said, "we did not have a suspect" in the theft of the W-88 technology. Sandy Berger, March 12, 1999

Vice President Al Gore about campaign finance abuses that there is "No controlling legal authority"

U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin about FEC decision not to pursue "Well, is bribery lawful?"

Paul Begala about executive orders "Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool."

Roger Clinton saying: "I've got to get some for my brother, he's got a nose like a Hoover vacuum cleaner."

Al Gore "Number one, we have strictly abided by all of the campaign finance laws, strictly. There've been no violations."

FBI Director Louis J. Freeh "It is difficult to imagine a more compelling situation for appointing an independent counsel"

Hillary Clinton 1/27/98 when asked by Matt Lauer ".If an American president had an adulterous liaison in the White House and lied to cover it up, should the American people ask for his resignation?" she replied "Well, they should certainly be concerned about it."

Hillary Clinton 1/27/78 on follow-up question from Matt Lauer "Should they ask for his resignation?" she said "Well, I think that-if all that were proven true, I think that would be a very serious offense.."

Washington Post Howard Kurtz 8/18/98 "No sooner had President Clinton finished telling the American people that he had "misled" them about Monica Lewinsky than the journalists began ripping him apart. "He did not tell the country what that relationship was. . . . He didn't come clean with the country," said ABC's Sam Donaldson. "The president has been using the White House, White House staff, White House lawyers, to defend this lie," said CBS's Scott Pelley. "This really is the I-didn't-inhale defense," said Fox's Fred Barnes. "I'm not sure he has come to terms with how much he has soiled his presidency," Newsweek's Jonathan Alter said on NBC.. "

Boson Globe Thomas Oliphant 8/18/98 "In David Kendall's perfectly crafted words, ``The truth is the truth. Period.''President Clinton's lead lawyer came up with those words to refute what he considered silly newspaper stories over the weekend that his client was considering different versions of a story to tell the grand jury yesterday about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. His agreement to testify under oath, Kendall said, included by definition an agreement to tell the truth. Period. But in that spirit of simple clarity, it follows that a lie is a lie. Period. There is no amount of sugar that can ever adequately coat a lie to make it something else.."

Freeper reports ".. MSNBC quotes a White House source saying that not even "a delegation made up of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost" could persuade the president to step down.."

Jesse Jackson 1992"I can maybe work with him but I know now who he is, what he is. There is nothing this man won't do. He is immune to shame. Move past all the nice posturing and get really down in there in him, you find absolutely nothing ..... nothing but an appetite."

FoxNews 12/3/98 AP David Espo ".When Dershowitz said Clinton's behavior did not warrant impeachment, Barr observed that "the real America out there, understands that there ought to be a very high standard for our public officials.'' Dershowitz responded heatedly: First of all, whenever I hear the word "real Americans,'' that sounds to me like a code word for racism a code word for bigotry, a code word ...'' Barr interrupted: "That's absurd, professor, you ought to be ashamed. That is the silliest thing I have ever heard. ...'' Said Dershowitz: "When I hear you describe me as something other than a real American shame on you. We may have a disagreement about the merits of these issues, but I would no more impugn your Americanism than you should impugn mine, sir.'' Barr said Dershowitz was being "absolutely silly.''."

Wall Street Journal 12/7/98 Glenn Simpson "."Tragically, our best world-wide efforts to build stronger economies and stronger democracies are sometimes undercut by corruption -- and no corruption is more evil and destructive that the corruption of government officials," Mr. Gore, who is in Tennessee because of the death of his father Albert Gore Sr., said in a statement.."

Washington Times 12/7/98 Wesley Pruden ". December 7, 1941 Wesley Pruden John Conyers, the chief bigot on the House Judiciary Committee and the master of the squalid billabong that the modern Democratic Party has become, gave the game away in a little noted speech to a campaign rally in the Philadelphia suburbs in late October. "We're going to make sure that everybody who has persecuted the president pays the full price," he said. "[The Republicans] owe us and the American people big time." When a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer asked him afterward what he meant by "pay," Mr. Conyers replied: "Plenty." Pressed to elaborate, he said: "It might be a little prudent for me to wait until we actually win."."

From Freeper Raven . Gathered from the web 12/7/98 ".The president has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. -Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on "Larry King Live" ."

Freeper Alissa reports on 12/10/98 Larry King Live Ross Perot saying "If your wife can't trust you, why should we?"

From Freeper Caribou 12/21/98 ".Here's what Hillary had to say about Impeachment a few years back: "To confine impeachable conduct to indictable offenses may well be to set a standard so restrictive as not to reach conduct that might adversely affect the system of government. Some of the most grevious offenses against our constitutional form of government may not entail violations of the criminal law.....To limit impeachable conduct to criminal offenses would be incompatible with the evidence...and would frustrate the purpose that the framers intended.... Impeachment was evolved.....to cope with both the inadequacy of the criminal standards and the impotence of the courts to deal with the conduct of great public figures. It would be anomalous if the framers, having barred criminal sanctions from the impeachment remedy....intended to restrict the grounds for impeachment to conduct that was criminal" Hillary Rodham Staff Attorney House Judiciary Committee 1974 ."

Congressional Record--U S Senate 9/12/89 Senator Albert P. Gore ".If Mr. Gregg was, indeed, unaware for a period of years about what was going on, in spite of his experience and in spite of his lifetime in the same field, what shall we think of the acumen so necessary in the role of Ambassador? If Mr. Gregg did in fact never tell the Vice President about illegalities when they were plainly in view by his own admission, what shall we think of his ability to discriminate between what is important and what is not? The record thus represents us with the story of a man who was either too clever to be caught or too naive to know what was going on under his nose."

Congressional Review 7/21/95 Freeper report from THOMAS website about a public hearing for Bob Packwood, Barbara Boxer said ".First, they say public hearings on this matter would bring the Senate into disrepute. I argue that the opposite is true. As former Chief Justice Brandeis said, `Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.' By acknowledging problems and demonstrating a willingness to discipline our own, we strengthen the Senate and the bonds with the people. We win confidence from the people by discharging our responsibilities frankly and openly--no matter how controversial the issue. But we irrevocably lose the people's respect by sweeping our problems under the committee room rug. The Senate is not a private club; it is the people's Senate . We do not go in the back room, light up a cigar, and decide these cases... ...Now, why are public hearings important? Because they demonstrate to the people--out in the sunlight--that we take seriously our constitutionally mandated responsibility to discipline our own, to discipline our own for unethical conduct. Each time an allegation of misconduct surfaces, the bonds of trust between the Congress and the people are strained. But by facing these allegations head-on, by holding public hearings and supporting appropriate disciplinary actions, we begin to repair those bonds of trust. Covering up our problems and attempting to hide them from the people only makes matters worse. And that is not the way we should function as a democracy."

Wall Street Journal 1/7/99 Sen Herb Kohl D-WI 1989 on Judge Walter Nixon ".But Judge Nixon took an oath to tell the truth and the whole truth. As a grand jury witness, it was not for him to decide what would be material. That was for the grand jury to decide. So I am going to vote 'guilty' on Articles I and II. Judge Nixon lied to the grand jury. He misled the grand jury. These acts are criminal and warrant impeachment."

The Village Voice 1/12/98 Nat Hentoff ".The forces of evil, genuine evil, are supporting the impeachment of the president. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz ."

Augusta Chronicle 1/12/99 Editorial Freeper newsman ".The bigger the role model the worse the lie. If somebody I hardly know lies to me, it is bad. But it is much worse if my mother lies to me. She is a much bigger role model in my life. That makes the lie worse.."

"This is not just sexual harassment, if it's true. It's sexual assault," "Now we are talking about real sexual predators, and we are now talking about people in power using that power to take advantage of women," Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization For Women, regarding the Kathleen Willey allegations...CNN 3/15/98

"Once the American people find out millions of Americans are now vulnerable to incineration by Chinese nuclear weapons, it will be a greater justification for the impeachment of the President than lying under oath about sexual escapades." --Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)

Washington Post 2/23/99 Charles Trueheart "..."Great nations who understand the importance of sovereignty at various times cede various portions of it in order to achieve some better good for their country," she said. "We are looking at how the nation-state functions in a totally different way than people did at the beginning of this century." ...Madeleine Albright talking about Kosovo

House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt, March 3, 1998 "I embrace the new internationalism."

Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE): Bill Clinton is "an exceptionally good liar."

State Department spokesman James Rubin: "no controlled information" regarding missile technology "has been authorized to be made available to Chinese authorities."

Yale Alumni Magazine's Archive of The Yale of My Day, published in March 1997, Steven Brill ".I knew I was a good, progressive liberal who sympathized with everyone who wanted to drive back the Nixonian forces of evil. I'd been a Timothy Dwight organizer of the campus-wide toilet flush timed for the moment of President Nixon's inauguration. "

Strategic Investment Intelligence Bulletins 2/17/99 James Dale Davidson Freeper Ogle ".Jack Wheeler admits he was wrong about Clinton: "He's not a sociopath." In this month's issue of Strategic Intelligence, Jack reports: "On a visit to Canada last month, I read a book review in the Toronto Globe & Mail of British Columbia University Professor of Psychology Robert Hare's Without Conscience. Since I have publicly stated in past columns my agreement with Senator John McCain's assessment of Bill Clinton as a 'sociopath,' it was interesting to note Prof. Hare's careful distinction between a sociopath and a psychopath... Psychopathology is a spectrum, with vicious killers on one end and 'closet psychopaths' on the other. It was the description of the latter that intrigued me: 'Their most pervasive trait is a stunning lack of conscience. They are glib, lack remorse, guilt, or empathy, are emotionally shallow and lie easily and convincingly. Underneath a charming, sometimes irresistibly likeable fa‡ade, the closet psychopath is ruthless, ambitious, selfish, and dishonest. They are social predators who charm and manipulate their way through life, leaving a trail of broken hearts and empty wallets. Power and control are all-important to them, and they will use threats, intimidation, litigation, and violence to get what they want.' A nail-on-the-head of Slick Willie, wouldn't you say? ."

From Freeper bruinbirdman 3/12/99 Quote of the week... ´´He is a lecher. I believe that he raped this woman.... He is amoral. So it wouldn´t make any difference what you did. I mean, my view was that he should be caned, like in Singapore. And on weekends put in stocks, and only allowed out Mondays through Fridays.´´ -- Clinton expatriate and former Democratic mayor of New York, Ed Koch, on Bill Clinton.

"Liberalism faltered when it turned out that it could not cope with truth," said Sen. (D-NY) Daniel P. Moynihan referring to Hilary Clinton's socialized medicine fiasco.(NYP,3/14/99) From Freeper bruinbirdman

"President Clinton claiming credit for increasing trust is like Vice President Gore claiming to be the father of the Internet." Rep Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich) 3/13/99 in response to Clinton’s weekly radio address.

Talkspot 4/23/99 James Golden "...Joyce Milton, author of The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton, acknowledges and thanks Jim Robinson and the Free Republic in her book. "Jim Robinson and the Free Republic website epitomize everything that Hillary Rodham Clinton finds dangerous about the Internet. Whether or not one agrees with the views of the Freepers, their site proved to be an invaluable source of daily news stories and contentious but often illuminating opinion." Joyce Milton, The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1999 ...."

Washington Post 5/17/99 Al Kamen "...House Republican Whip Tom DeLay (Tex.) and Chinese ambassador Li Zhaoxing were cordial enough in the green room yesterday, waiting to make their separate appearances on NBC's "Meet the Press." But DeLay watched with increasing consternation as Li denied allegations of espionage and human rights abuses. As DeLay's turn came and they passed each other in the hall, he gripped Li's hand, pulled the startled diplomat close and said: "Don't mistake the weakness of this president for the weakness of the American people."..."

Newsweek 6/7/99 Sergei Khrushchev "I will not vote for Democrats - It's too dangerous for the country." (son of former soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev)

WorldNetDaily 9/23/98 Michael Reagan " My father, Ronald Reagan, held the presidency in such honor and reverence that he was never in the Oval Office without a coat and tie. Bill Clinton has such disrespect for the presidency that he was often in the Oval Office without his pants. "

Sen Bob Packwood upon resigning (Reuters article) "."Duty, honor, country. It is my duty to resign. It is the honorable thing to do for this country, for the Senate. So I now announce that I will resign from the Senate. I leave this institution not with malice but with love. "Good luck. Godspeed." ."

 

Wisdom

Freeper EyesWideOpen "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason." -- Sir John Harrington, 1612

Federalist Brief 2/2/99 Freeper ICE-FLYER "Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world." --Daniel Webster "

WorldNetDaily 2/11/99 Craig McMillan "."Let it simply be asked where is the security for prosperity, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in the Courts of Justice?" --George Washington, in his Farewell Speech 19 September 1796.

WorldNetDaily 2/11/99 Craig McMillan ".Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780), the father of American jurisprudence, said of the importance of defending the oath: "The belief of a future state of rewards and punishments, the entertaining just ideas of the main attributes of the Supreme Being, and a firm persuasion that He superintends and will finally compensate every action in human life (all revealed in the doctrines of our Savior, Christ), these are the grand foundations of all judicial oaths, which call God to witness the truth of those facts which perhaps may only be known to Him and the party attesting; all moral evidences, therefore, all confidence in human veracity, must be weakened by apostasy, and overthrown by total infidelity."

Freeper incindiary recalls "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear." --Marcus Tullius Cicero 42B.C

" The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. " - Abraham Lincoln

Sun Tzu "The Art of War" from Freeper Man "...Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: -- (1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? [I.e., "is in harmony with his subjects." Cf. ss. 5.] (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth? (4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced..."

Sun Tzu Art of War Ch3 Freeper Jolly 5/7/99 "...Wei Liaozi said, ``Practicing martial arts, assess your opponents; cause them to lose spirit and direction so that even if the opposing army is intact it is useless -- this is winning by the Tao. If you destroy the opposing army and kill the generals, mount the ramparts shooting, gather a mob and usurp the land, this is winning by force....."

Lao-Tsu (c 565 BC) on leadership Freeper Jolly 5/7/99 "... "A leader is best when people barely know he exists. He is not so good when people obey and acclaim him, and worse when they despise him. Fail to honor people and they will fail to honor you. When men think they are gods, they are nothing but conceited fools."..."

Freeper Jolly: Chinese Proverb "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."

The First Prayer in Congress September 7, 1774 by Jacob Duche

"O - Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech thee, on these our American States, who have fled to thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee, to Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give; take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them 0f the unrighteousness of their Cause and if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, of own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved bands in the day of battle! Be Thou present, 0 God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honroable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation. That the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst The people. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask In the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.

Amen"

Thanksgiving Day Proclamation By: President George Washington

"Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many single favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.

"Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the Service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. That we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks, for His kind care and protection of the People of this country previous to their becoming a Nation, for the single and manifold mercies, and the favorable interposition's of His providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war, for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed, for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, of the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have to acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge and in general for all the great and various favors which He hath been pleased to confer upon us." "And also that we may then unite in most humble offering our prayers and supplications to the Great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually, to render our national government a blessing to all people, by constantly being a government of wise, just and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed, to protect and guide all Sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace and concord. To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us, and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone know to be best."

 

WorldNetDaily 8/13/99 Anne Williamson "...Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off existing government and form a new one that suits them better. This is a valuable, a most sacred right -- a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. -- Abraham Lincoln ..."