Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
I have a duty to protect the Executive Branch from legislative encroachment. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor. — John Engler Copy Share Image
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Agencies and the executive branch need to enforce the law. They don't need to fill in the spaces if Congress doesn't act. — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
“The year 2020 will mark the end of the U.S. presidency and the executive branch of the government. Let’s just say the… — Sylvia Browne Copy Share Image
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use… — John Engler Copy Share Image
“Finally, the Framers stressed that the impeachment remedy was a vital congressional check on the executive branch as a whole, not just… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they… — Nina Totenberg Copy Share Image
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
To be at the apex of the executive branch and understand that there are lot of moving pieces and the importance of… — Elise Stefanik Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
“The real power in Ottawa, as in Washington, is in the executive branch. At the White House, there are daily briefings for… — Lawrence Martin Copy Share Image
One of the most important checks Congress has on the executive branch is its ability to hold it accountable to the American… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“The late political scientist Aaron B. Wildavsky noted that “the power of the purse is the heart of legislative authority and thus… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of… — Harrison Schmitt Copy Share Image
“I have the documents. Documents, proof, evidence, photograph, signature. One day you raise your right hand and you are American. They give… — Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Copy Share Image
“Over a two-year period, the Obama administration delayed the implementation of the Affordable Care Act twenty-eight times, ostensibly to give employers time… — Brion T. McClanahan Copy Share Image
It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
“The members of the committee were aware of the programmes concerned, having been briefed on them in classified sessions. The question was,… — Edward Lucas Copy Share Image
The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“The report made a science fiction-like case that the president was within his constitutional rights to reinterpret congressional legislation to conform more… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
“Global warming is socialism by the back door. The whole point of global warming is that it's a rationalization for progressives to… — George F. Will Copy Share Image
“However, this court is constrained by law, and under the law, I can only conclude that the Government has not violated FOIA… — Colleen McMahon Copy Share Image
“Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he doesn't realize that… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“Article II creates an office, President of the United States, that remains a kind of inkblot onto which generations of Americans have… — Garrett Epps Copy Share Image
“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Early on, before getting down to attacking each other, Bannon and Kushner were united in their separate offensives against Priebus. Kushner’s preferred… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Each of these interlocutors provided Kushner with something of a tutorial on the limitations of presidential power—that Washington was as much designed… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
To those in the executive branch who say ‘just trust us’ when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications,… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use… — John Engler Copy Share Image
I've put forth measures that would actually eliminate some of the executive branch power. You know, philosophically, that's where I am. — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
![“[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk Empire - that's another period of government overreach, but at least they use the amendment process! In real life, the executive branch, by violating the Constitution, is using statutes…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/edward-snowden-555_amendments_i-watch-all-that-stuff-game-of-thrones-a_2916560.jpg)
