It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.' — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a last resort, not a first choice. I… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don't get that albatross around your neck. Once you've made that mistake, you inhibit your operations… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics. — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess? — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Political correctness gets in the way of all too many things in this country of ours, I am not a subscriber of political correctness… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Can it be that we, too, are ready to embrace the foul concepts of atheism? Somebody is tampering with America's soul, I leave it… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein is a threat, but the threat is not so great that we must be stampeded to provide such authority to this president… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed. — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
