Charles Ruff Quotes
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Whatever your feelings may be about William Clinton the man, or William Clinton the political ally or opponent, or William Clinton the father and the husband, ask only this: should William Clinton the president be removed from office? ... Are we at that horrific moment in our history when our union can be preserved only by taking the step that the framers saw as a last resort?
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And Mr. Ruff could have answered that question directly. He did not and his failure to do so speaks a thousand words.
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We know the pain the president has caused our society and his family and his friends, but we know, too, how much the president has done for this country.
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The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern.
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Having admitted that he did wrong, there's still the critical question, 'Do we want to launch the single most serious constitutional process that our system contemplates?' And the answer to that, in my view, is no.
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This is a pattern of lawyers and others in the White House busting their backs to do the best work they can to be try to be responsive.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's nonsense.