…I believe that this nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of the rule of law. Sometimes hard, sometimes unpleasant, this path relies on truth, justice and the rigorous application of the principle that no man is above the law.
Now, the other road is the path of least resistance. This is where we start making exceptions to our laws based on poll numbers and spin control. This is when we pitch the law completely overboard when the mood fits us, when we ignore the facts in order to cover up the truth.
Shall we follow the rule of law and do our constitutional duty no matter unpleasant, or shall we follow the path of least resistance, close our eyes to the potential lawbreaking, forgive and forget, move on and tear an unfixable hole in our legal system? No man is above the law, and no man is below the law. That’s the principle that we all hold very dear in this country.
The president has many responsibilities and many privileges. His chief responsibility is to uphold the laws of this land. He does not have the privilege to break the law…
Rep. Tom DeLay

No greater harm can be done than breaking the covenant of trust between the president and the people, between the three branches of our government and between the country and the world.
Rep Henry Hyde

Our Founding Fathers established this nation on a fundamental yet at the time untested idea that a nation should be governed not by the whims of any man but by the rule of law. Implicit in that idea is the principle that no one is above the law, including the chief executive.
Since it is the rule of law that guides us, we must ask ourselves what happens to our nation if the rule of law is ignored, cheapened or violated, especially at the highest level of government.
REP. ROBERT GOODLATTE

…When serious and credible allegations have been raised against any president, the Constitution obliges us to determine whether such conduct violated that president’s obligation to faithfully execute the law. We must make this determination, or else forever sacrifice our heritage that no person is above the law. This Congress must decide whether we as a nation will turn a blind eye to allegations respecting both the subversion of the courts and the search for truth…
Rep. James E. Rogan

OUR PRESIDENT (is) NOT OUR KING. HE IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW. TO ALLOW OUR CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO COMMIT THESE FELONIES WITHOUT FACING SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES, IS TO SEND A DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO ALL AMERICANS THAT THERE ARE AGAIN TWO STANDARDS OF JUSTICE IN AMERICA — ONE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND ONE FOR THE REST OF US.
Honorable Wally Herger

The president is a citizen with the same duty to follow the laws as all other citizens. The world marvels that our president is not above the law, and my vote today helps assure that this rule continues. With a commitment to the principles of the rule of law which makes this country the beacon of hope for political refugees like myself throughout the world, I cast my vote in favor of the resolution to undertake an impeachment inquiry of the conduct of the president of the United States.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

No one is above the law.
Senator Strom Thurmond

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