Trey Gowdy quotes

There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job. (Trey Gowdy)

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

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October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep.

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The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!

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The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

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It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.

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The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption.

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Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.

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If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?

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I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.

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I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons. (Trey Gowdy)

You may be less likely to pick on someone if you dont know whats in their briefcase or purse.

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I'm unelectable in the District of Columbia.

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My daughter took Latin for three years; she still cant speak it.

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Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

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