New York Times (January 19)
“America’s leaders and institutions must remain undeterred. They will need to show courage and resilience in the face of Mr. Trump’s efforts as they continue to play their unique roles in our democracy. Vigilance is everything: If institutions surrender to the fear and coercion — by bending the knee or by rationalizing that the next right actions aren’t worth the fight, stress or risk — they not only embolden future abuses; they are also complicit in undermining their own power and influence.”
Tags: Abuses, Coercion, Complicit, Courage, Democracy, Efforts, Fear, Institutions, Leaders, Power and influence, Resilience, Surrender, Trump, U.S., Undermining, Vigilance
Washington Post (May 31)
“If congressional Democrats will temper their enthusiasm for impeachment with lucidity about the nation’s needs and their political self-interest, they will understand the self-defeating nature of a foredoomed attempt to remove a president for aesthetic reasons. Such reasons are not trivial but they are insufficient, particularly when almost all congressional Republicans are complicit in, by their silence about, President Trump’s comportment.”
Tags: Complicit, Comportment, Congress, Democrats, Impeachment, Insufficient, Needs, Republicans, Self-defeating, Self-interest, Silence, Trump
