Ramsey Clark
Ramsey Clark
William Ramsey Clarkis an American lawyer, activist and former federal government official. A progressive, New Frontier liberal, he occupied senior positions in the United States Department of Justice under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, notably serving as United States Attorney General from 1967 to 1969; previously he was Deputy Attorney General from 1965 to 1967 and Assistant Attorney General from 1961 to 1965...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth18 December 1927
CountryUnited States of America
They could call Jesus a terrorist too. I mean, he was pretty tough on money lenders a time or two.
Impeachment appears six times in the U.S. Constitution. The Founders weren't concerned with anything more than with impeachment because they had lived under King George III and had in 1776 accused the king of all the things that George W. Bush wants to do: Usurpation of the power of the people; Being above the law; Criminal abuse of authority.
Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy.
I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
How dare Americans allow their government to cause such misery [in the world].
Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been impaired, judicial administration has suffered. It is the poor, the sick, the ignorant, the powerless, and the hated who are executed.
Both trials are marred with injustice, both are flawed.
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
Honesty is the best policy in international relations, interpersonal relations, labor, business, education, family and crime control because truth is the only thing that works and the only foundation on which lasting relations can build.
This trial can divide or heal. Unless it is seen as absolutely fair, and fair in fact, it will divide rather than reconcile Iraq.
Today we had further evidence. The court was chaotic about the half the time (with) two people, three people speaking at the same time.
We are living in Iraq, a country that I love, in a very dangerous time. Reconciliation is essential. This trial can either divide or heal.
We never thought we couldn't come back in. The fundamental right to counsel is the right to counsel of choice, not to somebody else's choice.
A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.