Demo-gogues, part I: “Bribery … as the founders understood bribery, it was not as we understand it in law today. It was much broader. It connoted the breach of the public trust in a way where you’re offering official acts for some personal or political reason, not in the nation’s interest.” —House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff

Demo-gogues, part II: “When you consider the serious terms of whether the president has committed an impeachable offense, the fact that the scheme was discovered, the fact that the scheme was unsuccessful, doesn’t make it any less odious or any less impeachable. If the president solicited for help in the U.S. election, if the president conditioned official acts on the performance of these political favors, whether Ukraine ever had to go through with it really doesn’t matter. What matters is: Did the president attempt to commit acts that ought to result in his removal from office?” —Adam Schiff

Demo-gogues, part III: “I have to hope that my Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle will keep an open mind, will do their constitutional duty, will set aside the party of the president. Because otherwise, why are they even there and what does their oath of office really mean?” —Adam Schiff

Keep dreaming: “I think about what kind of president I would have been all the time. I think about what I would have done. How, obviously, I would have been different. How I think I would have been a better, more successful president.” —Hillary Clinton

Missing the forest for the trees: “Trying to live a gusty life doesn’t mean you are always successful in doing so. And I think about the presidential campaign of 2016. I thought I was as gutsy as I could be, but I probably could have been gutsier — if I figured out a way to reveal what was happening in a more effective way.” —Hillary Clinton

Non compos mentis: “It would be disruptive to classes and two, unfortunately, with gun violence in the U.S., there was some concern that we would cause a panic if someone heard gunshots on grounds.” —University of Virginia President Jim Ryan on why the traditional Veterans Day 21-gun salute by members of UVA’s ROTC was canceled

Village idiots: “We will not prosecute cases involving quality-of-life crimes. Crimes such as public camping, offering or soliciting sex, public urination, blocking a sidewalk, etc., should not and will not be prosecuted.” —incoming San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin

And last… “No doubt we want more Americans to do better economically. But what’s the main driver of affordability? Minimum wage or prices? It’s prices. What drives down prices? Free markets. Competition. Choice.” —Rep. Dan Crenshaw