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I rise today, to talk about the truth, and its relationship to democracy. For without truth, and a principled fidelity to truth and to shared facts, Mr. President, our democracy will not last.

— Jeff Flake Farewell speech to the U.S. Senate (2018)

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It is in the interest of every American to get to the bottom of this matter, wherever the investigation leads.

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We must never regard as normal the regular and casual undermining of our democratic norms and ideals.

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If I have been critical, it is because I believe it is my obligation to do so.

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To be very clear, to call the Russia matter a "hoax" — as the president has many times — is a falsehood.

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