Causes Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The power to remove an individual from office is reserved for the greatest betrayals of public trust, not just because you disagree with someone.

— Michael Tubbs

I do detest all offices - all, at least, that are held on a political tenure.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Proving “high crimes and misdemeanors” is necessary to make the case for presidential removal, but it is not sufficient. The politics takes precedence: The…

— Andrew McCarthy

The appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make…

— Zachary Taylor

One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak…

— Chellie Pingree

I think it absolutely necessary that the President should have the power of removing his subordinates from office; it will make him, in a…

— James Madison

I fear no motion of no confidence or impeachment, for they are the lawful mechanisms for the people of this beautiful country to remove…

— Jacob Zuma

Why do members of my party constantly go after the president personally?

— Michael Steele

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

— Richard M. Nixon

I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration.

— Timothy Leary

My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a…

— Charles Tupper

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