Reply #69: Russ Feingold and John Conyers! [View All]

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Feingold from the senate floor Feb 2006:

This goes way beyond party, and way beyond politics. What the President has done here is to break faith with the American people. In the State of the Union, he also said that “we must always be clear in our principles” to get support from friends and allies that we need to fight terrorism. So let’s be clear about a basic American principle: When someone breaks the law, when someone misleads the public in an attempt to justify his actions, he needs to be held accountable. The President of the United States has broken the law. The President of the United States is trying to mislead the American people. And he needs to be held accountable.

Dec 2005:
“None of your civil liberties matter much after you’re dead.” -- Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), quoted by The Hill.

“Give me liberty or give me death.”-- Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), responding to Cornyn with the quote made famous by Patrick Henry during the American Revolution.