I had bought a farm, was trying to rebuild my life and just looking to be left alone. Then I get charged with perjury strictly for political purposes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Perjury before Congress is perjury to the American people and an affront to the fundamental principles of our republic and the rule of law. Such behavior cannot be tolerated.
As far as the charge against me is concerned I have a clear conscience.
If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you get only a $200 fine, what kind of message does that send about lying in our courts?
Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change the common air that we breathe into the axe of an executioner.
The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.
I have been sworn against by perjured and wicked people.
I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice.
There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.
I'm demanding to be prosecuted. I'm begging to be prosecuted for perjury.
I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.