May 16, 2025

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

Russell Baker (1925–2019), American journalist, The Sayings of Poor Russell (1972), in The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p.13

When did you last take the moral high road? Or were you just riding your high horse?

Imagine that! This was written almost thirty years before a Republican House of Representatives impeached Democrat president Bill Clinton for the high crime and misdemeanor of “…personal immorality of a sexual nature rather than abuse of political power”. *High crimes and misdemeanors being the criteria for impeaching an American president (Constitution, Article Two, Section 4)
**Scott Basinger, associate professor of political science, University of Houston, History.com, July 29, 2023