Quotations

«This recommendation is wrong, and clearly contradicted by the president. We will dispute it in a court of law.»

«Question: And did you tell them you didn't want to do that? Yes.»

«no one ever asked me to lie and I was never promised a job for my silence.»

«We want to know about that day, we really want to know about that day.»

«Goldberg called around to friends she has, including one in Chicago who works at the same firm Ken Starr does. This person recommended Goldberg to call Jackie Bennett at the OIC. Goldberg advised that the OIC knew who this person is, and that this person is very nervous at this time.»

«You have proposed a compromise which is basically acceptable, and will, I believe, both accommodate our concerns and allow the committee to proceed with its legitimate legislative purposes.»

«But we do know this. There is no basis for impeachment,»

«Nothing in this overkill of an investigation amounts to a justification for the impeachment of the president of the United States,»

«The Independent Counsel has sought, again, to prosecute Ms. McDougal, and this indictment will now be tried to a jury. Independent Counsel Starr, through his public relations officer, has seen fit to assert that the president, by his public statements, has somehow improperly 'injected' himself into the investigation of Ms. McDougal. This claim is wholly false. The president's statements have been both accurate and appropriate. Ms. McDougal has at all times been represented by her own counsel. It is for the public to judge what the Independent Counsel's motivations may be.»

«This has been a partisan process on the part of the House managers. In the House, they had the votes. They didn't think they needed to talk to witnesses.»