"Decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously.
Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."
Louis Brandeis, dissenting, Olmstead v. United States
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard
"When a man takes an oath, he is holding his own self in his own hands, like water. And if he opens his fingers then, he need not hope to find himself again."
Thomas More
President Trump was impeached this evening, with ten Republican votes in favor.
It will be interesting to see what evidence and facts are brought out in the investigation and trial in the Senate.
Stocks rallied today.
The Dollar moved back to the 90 handle mid-range.
The miners and metals were hit again.
There will be a stock market option expiration on Friday.
Have a pleasant evening.
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