Impeachment Quote by George Mason

To be clear, impeachment is above all else a political act.

— S.E. Cupp

“Unlike the simple majority vote required for the House to approve articles of impeachment, a conviction by a two-thirds supermajority of the Senate is…

— Andrew McCarthy

Impeachment must not be a raw exercise of political power in which the House impeaches whoever it wishes for any reason it deems sufficient.…

— Charles T. Canady

The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; its a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to…

— Charles Ruff

Impeachment is one of the most significant and arduous authorities of the United States Congress, a power I do not take lightly.

— Byron Donalds

Impeachment is our system's last resort for someone who treats himself or herself as above the law, the most relevant thing is whether this…

— James R. Clapper

Donald Rumsfeld should not just be impeached. He should be tried as a war criminal. As for Bush, he can be dispatched by the…

— Robert Kuttner

When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is,…

— George McGovern

Impeachment really is not a criminal proceeding. The American people have been conditioned to believe that, you know, high crimes and misdemeanors means what?…

— Rush Limbaugh

The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or…

— Charles Ruff

“The legal grounds for impeachment are vital; without them, the political case for impeachment cannot be built. The primary question, however, is whether the…

— Andrew McCarthy