''How can educators teach our children? How can the rule of law for every American be applied equally if we have two standards of justice in America--one for the powerful and the other for the rest of us?'' - Chuck Hagel (R-NB)
"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. 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." - Tom DeLay
"What is on trial here is the truth and the rule of law. . . " Our failure to hold people accountable for "lying under oath and preventing the courts from administering equal justice under law, will cause a cancer to be present in our society for generations." - James Sensenbrenner
"I will have no part in the creation of a constitutional double-standard to benefit" those in positions of power. "He is not above the law. If an ordinary citizen committed these crimes, he would go to jail." - Bill Frist
Speaking about Scooter Libby?
Heavens no. That was when they wanted to nail Clinton on the same charges Libby was convicted on this week.
