Bode Miller Quotes
When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.
Miller, Bode, and Jack McEnany. Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun. Villard, 2005.
In modern times, a President has the right to fire anyone in his own cabinet. However, at the time, there was a law that required a President to get the approval of Congress to fire a cabinet member who had been confirmed. The question for the impeachment trial was whether or not President Johnson’s breaking of the law was sufficiently serious a violation to constitute a “high crime or misdemeanor”. There are some who argue that the original meaning of “high crime” when the Constitution was written was treason.
The Undersecretary had misgivings just before the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, and urged a cancellation:
Samuel Bode Miller is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and being one of five men (and last to date) to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. He is the only skier with five or more victories in each discipline. In 2008, Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years.