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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"Experience has already shown that the impeachment
the Constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow."


By:

Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Source:

Letter to Spencer Roane, Poplar Forest, September 6, 1819. THE POLITICAL WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 89 (Dumbauld Ed. 1955)

Categories:

Constitution, Impeachment, Politics, Power, President, Usurpation

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