“Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime.”

- Michael Mukasey, U.S. Attorney General, announcing that former Justice Dept. staffers won't be criminally prosecuted for politicizing hiring practices

 

“No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.”

- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, leader of the Republican Party and Progressive Movement, governor of New York