“If President Trump will not remove White House officials who are clear...” — Richard Painter Quote

“If President Trump will not remove White House officials who are clearly violating the law, he's not doing his job and this would be yet another grounds for Congress considering impeaching and removing the president.”

“And imagine where we'd be today if President Franklin Roosevelt had owned apartment buildings in Frankfurt and Berlin. You know, some of us might be speaking German.”

“I've been concerned about ethics in government for a long time. And the problems we've had under President Trump are only indicative of the longer-term problem of the erosion of public office and government.”

“A ten- or twelve-page story seems too easy, which is a funny thing to say considering that writing a decent short story is devastatingly difficult. Yet it still seems easier than a novel. You can turn a short story on a single good line - ten pages of decent writing and one good moment.”

“I was always considering what other sport I could do, to get myself to be in a position to be an Olympian, and then I settled on football.”

“Teaching has always been a poorly paid profession, particularly considering its educational requirements and responsibilities.”