Firings Quotes
Hayes was a Civil Service reformer. After the presidency of John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and subsequent Presidents fired large numbers of public servants—even minor poitions and replaced them with supporters. Hayes stopped that practice and initiated civil servce reform.
President Johnson was threatened with impeachment. His attorney, Jeremiah S. Black, suggested a government financial scheme that would enrich a small group of House members who were leaning toward impeachment:. Black was fired. The congressmen voted against Johnson. He was impeached.
Often attributed to Jefferson, it is actually a convenient shortening of the following communication:
Griffin was fired by CNN as a result of her inappropriate behavior.
His reason for this statment (with which few others agreed) was that at best, the Special Prosecutor's investiation would distract the politicians, the media and the public from focussing on the great achievements of Trump and his administration, and at worst woud uncover some quasi scandal of Trump's years ago that would mortally damage is image and curtail or make innefective what Bannon thought was the most significant and important President in years. There were others who agreed about the consequense of the investigation but becasue Trump was probably guilty of dealing with the Russians improperly before he assumned the presidency and was mired in a hopeless tangle of business conflict of interest. To them, them curtailment of the Trump administration would be very good thing for the country so it could not have been a mistake for the nation, but for a sitting President the investigation and its aftermath mzy well prove to be a personal blunder although one that harmed Trump but benefitted the nation.
He was a conservative, Republican Congressman from Georgia when he made this statement complaining about the wast of mmoney by Federal Officials and bureaucrats. The thing that made this common complaint memorable is that several years later, he was appointed by President Donald Trump as Secretary of Health and Human Services. In less than a year in the office, he was forced to resign [fired] in disgrace for wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars chartering private airplanes for himself and his staff including one where he spent $25,000 to charter a plane from Washington DC to Philadelphia -- a two hour drive in his government car, less than $100 for the Amtrak train or $10 by the Greayhound bus. The scandal that erupted was made worse by the hypocricy.
