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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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889 |
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AUTHOR:
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Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913–) |
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QUOTATION:
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The only honest answer is that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers [it] to be at a given moment in history; conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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Representative GERALD R. FORD, remarks in the House, April 15, 1970, Congressional Record, vol. 116, p. 11913. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Impeachment |
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