Voices

’. . . I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and the American people.’

President Clinton

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‘The fact that neither count got a majority of votes showed it never should have come to the Senate in the first place. We shouldn’t have spent our first six weeks on this issue.’

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

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‘Allowing Bill Clinton to get away with what he’s done completely undercuts the legal and moral foundations of American society and deals a severe blow to women who are fighting sexual predators in the workplace.’

Christian Coalition chief Randy Tate

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‘All Americans can take great comfort in knowing that by remaining faithful to this constitutional process, the Congress has strengthened, not weakened, the ties that bind our nation together.’

Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.)

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‘It’s so ironic that this comes when we’re talking to our schoolchildren about Presidents Day. I tell my kindergartners about George Washington and how he couldn’t lie about chopping down the cherry tree. And then they ask, “Why does the president have to lie now?” And I have no answers.’

Teacher Peggy McCollum

West Chester, Ohio