"He [the president] is amenable to the laws for his conduct and cannot at his discretion sport away the vested rights of others."
"What we do about this lawless president will set the standard, will set the precedent, for what happens when we have another president, be it Democratic or Republican, who threatens our democracy the way he has."
"This isn't America. It's not who we are, and it's intolerable conduct from a president."
"The impeachment inquiry has found that President Trump personally and acting through agents within and outside of the U.S. government solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his re-election."
"The Presidential Records Act doesn't forgive Trump for violating criminal laws regarding handling of national secrets."
"This is just deeply offensive. I can't imagine any other president ever serving in that office making such derogatory comments."
"President Trump went to great lengths to obstruct the special counsel's investigation."
"General Milley was committed to... make certain that President Trump followed the law respected the constitution."
"This report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."
"Impeachment... is some form of censure of the president merited on the basis of what we have seen, yes of course."
"If we live in a nation where a president can break the law, we will live in a nation where presidents break the law."
"If we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so."
"The report did not find evidence to conclude that the President committed a crime, but it also does not exonerate him."
"This cannot be our future. We cannot have presidents inciting and mobilizing mob violence against our government and our institutions."
"If these allegations are true, can the President be impeached?"
"Nixon was not about private conduct. Nixon was about, among other things, using the CIA to try to interfere with an FBI investigation."
"And for 200 years, we've had a republic in which the president has followed scrupulously the laws and conventions and takes an oath of office to do just that."
"The American people will hear you. Stick to the teleprompter, Mr. President. No exaggeration, just say what's true."
"These are the words of a mobster, not of the President of the United States."
"These acts just like President Trump's were presidential."
"The president may be disciplined principally by impeachment not by private lawsuit but he's otherwise subject to the laws for his purely private acts."
"We have gone through a presidency that disregarded a whole host of basic institutional norms and expectations."
"It is completely unthinkable that the President of the United States would be monetizing a hotel next to the White House."
"Quit the childlike bickering and act presidential."
"If a president commits serious misconduct in his first term, he doesn't get a pass."
"How do you impeach a president who didn't do anything wrong?"
"There's no bottom to the degree to which president Trump will degrade himself and the nation."
"A president is not entitled to Absolute immunity for conduct that predates or precedes their term as a United States President."
"IS THIS WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD NOW EXPECT FROM THEIR PRESIDENT? IF THIS IS NOT IMPEACHABLE CONDUCT, WHAT IS?"
"THE MUELLER REPORT IS OUT, WHICH EVEN IN THE REDACTING FORM IS ONE OF THE MOST DAMNING INVESTIGATIONS OF A PRESIDENT EVER."
"I never thought I would see the day where an American president would threaten not to accept an election defeat."
"If Trump has done something wrong, if Trump is acting untoward, if he's violating his oath of office by all means he should be investigated and impeached."
"The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution...no one is above the law."
"The evidence shows Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States has put himself before his country."
"The conduct that he displayed on January the 6th alone disqualifies him to be president."
"It would send the message that a sitting United States President is not above the law."
"Abusive of power, the President abusing his office for his own personal gain."
"WE SAW, AS I SAID, AN UNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE BY AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT UNDERCUTTING UNITED STATES INTERESTS, TAKING THE SIDE OF RUSSIA, WHICH IS NOT A COMPETITOR AS IT WAS DESCRIBED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT IS AN AGGRESSOR NATION."
"No one is above the law, including the President of the United States, and we believe that the President of the United States is engaged in a cover-up." - Nancy Pelosi
"We cannot have presidents inciting and mobilizing mob violence against our government and our institutions because they refuse to accept the will of the people."
"All that House Democrats have succeeded in proving is that the President did absolutely nothing wrong."
"I believe, I truly believe the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come."
"American presidents should never press foreign powers to target their domestic political rivals."
"The Constitution is the floor below which no president should go."
"The office of legal counsel has said the offense of bribery applies to the president."
"Didn't you think it was a little strange that the president would sit down with you one-on-one and ask you to do something that you knew was against the law?"
"Knowing that I have done my duty to hold a dangerous and out of control president accountable."
"Actions by the President to end a criminal investigation into his own conduct to protect against personal embarrassment or legal liability would constitute a core example of corruptly motivated conduct."