My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, an…

Barbara Jordan
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My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminuation, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution. It is reason and not passion which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision. ✨ Statement on the Articles of Impeachment, delivered 25 July 1974, House Judiciary Committee
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