Perhaps, indeed

If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th-century Constitution should be abandoned to a 20th-century paper shredder.

- Barbara Charline Jordan, 1974

(Thanks to Susie at Suburban Guerrilla for the reverence, and this post.)

Link: American Rhetoric: Barbara Jordan - Statement on House Judiciary
Proceedings to Impeach President Richard Nixon