122 Quotes by Henry Hyde

The skeptical relativist attempt to mandate a naked public square is undemocratic. It is also a danger to democracy.

There is a Second Amendment, there is a fundamental right that we're dealing with and therefore we should move expeditiously but not in a stampede. We're going to do this and we're going to do it right.

I'm opposed to censure, .. Whether or not one will be permitted, it's under discussion. It isn't ruled out, but it's not a dead-bang certainty either.

The only purpose for this being dredged up now is an obvious attempt to intimidate me, and it won't work,

The founding fathers gave the House of Representatives one function when it comes to cleansing the office of the presidency and that is impeachment, .. Whether or not a resolution of censure is appropriate is something beyond our constitutional authority.

Yes, I think the president should step down,

I think it's fair to have a vote on a resolution for censure.

We are going to follow wherever the facts lead us.

Let me be clear about this, ... We are not here today to decide whether or not to impeach Mr. Clinton. We are not here to pass judgment on anyone. We are here to ask and answer this one simple question: based upon what we now know, do we have a duty to look further, or to look away?