"If the President of the United States ever lied to the American people, he should resign."
                                                                    --  Bill Clinton, 1974, during the height of the
                                                                            Watergate scandal
 

        "'It is apparent that the scope of impeachment was not viewed narrowly' by the Framers.  The constitutional phrase high crimes and misdemeanors...means 'personal misconduct' and a broad range of 'non-criminal offenses.'  Thus the articles of impeachment drawn up against Nixon included 'making false or misleading statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States.'"
                                                                    --  Columnist Ross Mackenzie, citing a 1974
                                                                            House Judiciary Committee report
                                                                            prepared in part by Hillary Rodham Clinton