If you're going to lie on a national stage . . .

. . . you might as well not wag your finger at Congress or the American people. Just makes you look stupid later.

"Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never."

-Rafael Palmeiro testifying to Congress

March 17,2005

"I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman - Miss Lewinsky"

-President Bill Clinton

January 26, 1998