Adam Schiff
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“Those first few weeks are a delirious blur of memories: a welcome dinner for new members in Statuary Hall, where Eve and I were seated with Dick Gephardt and his wife, Jane, laughing about how Adam and Eve were dining with Dick and Jane”
― Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
― Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
“If you find that the House has proved its case and still vote to acquit, your name will be tied to his with a cord of steel and for all of history, but if you find the courage to stand up to him, to speak the awful truth to his rank falsehood, your place will be among the Davids who took on Goliath,” Schiff said, appearing to address Republican senators in particular. “Is there one among you who will say, ‘enough’?”
― Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
― Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
“The assault on our constitutional order was inspired by people wearing suits and ties and cloaked in the genteel language of congressional debate, but their purpose was no less ominous. We can fortify the defenses of the Capitol. We can reinforce the doors and put up fences. But we cannot guard our democracy against those who walk the halls of Congress, have taken an oath to uphold our Constitution, but refuse to do so.”
― Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
― Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
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