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Monday 2nd of March 2026

Profiles in courage As a student of history who loves the Constitution and its Framers, I do not believe that the Founders of our country intended to invest the Vice President with the unilateral authority to decide which electoral votes should be counted during the Joint Session of Congress, and no Vice President in American history has ever asserted such authority. Instead, Vice Presidents presiding over Joint  Sessions have uniformly followed the Electoral Count Act, conducting the proceedings in an orderly manner even when the count resulted in the defeat of their party or their own candidacy. Mike Pence's words that made Trump and his supporters want him hanged  © 2021 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Democrats are to poltical courage what Velveeta is to cheese. Bill Maher, Real Time with Bill Maher, March 16, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage [T]he Department of Justice is not going to be extorted. Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General overseeing the Mueller investigations, on news that Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan and other uncommonly long-tongued kiss-asses known collectively as the Freedom Caucus are circulating an unsigned draft of articles of impeachment against him for not giving them unredacted  files from active FBI investigations into possible collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice by Trump and his associates [so they can share, and deny sharing, them with fellow Republicans and the witnesses, subjects the targets of the investigations] © 2018 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Due to the terrific relations with the U.S., we need to put the [Trump's] declaration about the Nazis in proper perspective. We need to condemn anti-Semitism and any trace of Nazism, and I will do what I can as minister to stop its spread. But Trump is the best U.S. leader Israel has ever had … and we must not accept anyone harming him. Ayoub Kara, Israeli member of the Knesset, defending Prime Minister Netanyahu's lack of response to Trump's defense of neo-Nazis who rallied in Charlottesville, VA, by insisting that maintaining good relations with Trump is more important to Israel than condemning his moral failures © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to more precisely describe White House press secretary Sean Spicer's location late Tuesday night in the minutes before he briefed reporters. Spicer huddled with his staff among bushes near television sets on the White House grounds, not “in the bushes,” as the story originally stated. Washington Post, May 10, 2107, correction added to the end of its story about Spicer's behavior prior to announcing Trump had fired FBI director James Comey © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride. Volodymyr Zelensky's response to an offer by the US to evacuate him and his family from Kyiv after Russia invaded Ukraine with overwhelming force on February 24, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage He's our President, OK? … You're not going to turn you back on the President. John Kasich, Republican Governor of Ohio, when asked, after having just condemned Trump's claim that there's a moral equivalency between anti-racists and the KKK and neo-Nazis, if he “would be willing to be the guy who goes around to Republican leaders and says, ‘This is our moment, we will tell this President we no longer support him, period’” © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage I'm focusing on what's in my control, and that is what is Congress doing to solve people's problems. Paul Ryan, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, when asked to comment on Trump's tweet suggested he recorded his conversations with FBI director James Comey © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage I really believe I'd run in there, even if I didn't have a weapon. Donald Trump, who stayed home to tend bone spurs  rather than go to Vietnam fully armed, telling governors at a meeting concerning school safety that he would have rushed into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to protect children not his own © 2018 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage I want to make sure my constituents don't go into an agitated and harassing environment. I want to engage with constituents in a way that they feel comfortable as well. Paul Ryan, announcing he's giving up face-to-face town hall meetings in favor of teleconferences and events held on the premises of local businesses © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage A little over a month after his inauguration, on Feb. 28, 2017, President Trump signed HJ Resolution 40, a bill that made it easier for people with mental illness to obtain guns. CBS News then asked the White House to release the photograph of Mr. Trump signing the bill, making the request a total of 12 times. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders finally responded to repeated emails and phone calls with a one-line note on April 19, 2017, writing to CBS News, “We don't plan to release the picture at this time.” CBS News. February 15, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage NO WAR Остановите войну, не верьте пропаганде, здесь вам врут. Russians against war [ Stop the war Don't believe the propaganda You are being lied to here ] Sign displayed by Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One Russia TV channel, after sneaking up behind the anchor during a live broadcast to the nation to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine, before the anchor switched to pre-recorded footage and she was taken away for interrogation © 2022 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Of the 217 Republicans who voted for the [Trumpcare] plan, just 14 will hold town halls during the recess, according to the schedule of events compiled by TownHallProject.com. The Guardian, May 9, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Paul Ryan, chief advocate of the hated-by-the-public 2017 Tax Bill, fearing a potential defeat that would most likely kill his presidential chances, says he won't run for reelection in 2018, and will, without saying so, spend years collecting generous speakers fees from large corporations gifted by the bill  © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Pence follows Trump order and walks out of 49ers-Colts after players kneel — — — — — — — — — — — Trump confirms walkout was planned and says he is ‘proud’ headline, The Guardian, October 8, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Republicans buy sneakers, too. Michael Jordan, acknowledged marketing maven, refusing to endorse Harvey Gantt, a black Democrat running against Jesse Helms, the segregationist Senator from North Carolina © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, the world's most lucrative sports league, – fearing losing revenue because yokels bought Trump's and Russian imposter account BoycottNFL's malarkey that players' protests against racial injustice were protests against the flag – sent a memo to owners saying players – 70% of whom are black – should stop protesting in public © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Suck it up and move on. Senator Chuck Grassley's advice to people critical of Trump's ouster of FBI director James Comey © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage To voice dissent publicly would mean I'm not part of the team. When you're part of a team, you're part of a team. Ivanka Trump © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage We can have no tolerance for an ideology of racial hatred. There are no good neo-Nazis, and those who espouse their views are not supporters of American ideals and freedoms. Mitch McConnell, like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan and other Republicans who fear being primaried by Trump supporters the next time they run, scoring easy points by bemoaning hatred without condemning Trump by name © 2017 Kwiple.com
Republicans say [knowing the bill will be vetoed] Repeal Obamacare … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again … again  © 2017 Kwiple.com
Rule of law  I don't get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes. My lawyer does. Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) to J. J. “Jake” Gittes (Jack Nicholson), in Chinatown, written by Robert Towne, directed by Roman Polanski  © 2021 Kwiple.com
Snapshot She knew publicly reliving the most traumatic event in her life could have absolutely no effect on anything and yet she spoke up anyway. It is absolutely incredible the lengths to which some people will go for a free polygraph test. Christine Blasey Ford portrayed by John Oliver, September 30, 2018  © 2018 Kwiple.com
Snapshot A man with all the backbone of one of those inflatable tube men outside a car dealership. Kevin McCarthy portrayed by Bill Maher © 2021 Kwiple.com
 
Snapshot  I'm not saying Trump is Hitler. Hitler volunteered for the army. Donald Trump portrayed by Bill Maher © 2018 Kwiple.com