--- title: "1 Rights Minority Quotes By Robert Byrd" description: "1 Rights Minority quotes by Robert Byrd. Plus more from Robert Byrd and more Rights Minority sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/robert-byrd-17085_dust_that-s-what-the-senate-is-about-it-s-the_831831.png" --- > [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 on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/that-s-what-the-senate-is-about-it-s-the-last-bastion-of-minority/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/robert-byrd-17085_dust_that-s-what-the-senate-is-about-it-s-the_831831.png) ## More by Robert Byrd > [The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/the-last-un-weapons-inspectors-left-iraq-in-october-of-1998-we-are/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/we-unlike-nazi-germany-or-mussolini-s-italy-have-never-stopped-being/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/and-the-president-is-all-wrong-when-he-maintains-that-a-nominee/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a last resort, not a first choice. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/to-engage-in-war-is-always-to-pick-a-wild-card-and-war-must-always-be/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/it-was-the-separation-of-powers-upon-which-the-framers-placed-their/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/be-sure-you-avoid-the-ku-klux-klan-don-t-get-that-albatross-around/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/it-is-money-money-money-not-ideas-not-principles-but-money-that/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/the-ongoing-strife-in-iraq-and-the-billions-of-dollars-that-the/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/the-money-the-president-wants-to-borrow-for-iraq-will-come-directly/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/is-it-any-wonder-why-the-approval-ratings-of-the-congress-go-up-every/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [Political correctness gets in the way of all too many things in this country of ours, I am not a subscriber of political correctness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/political-correctness-gets-in-the-way-of-all-too-many-things-in-this/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/can-it-be-that-we-too-are-ready-to-embrace-the-foul-concepts-of/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/that-s-what-the-senate-is-about-it-s-the-last-bastion-of-minority/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [Saddam Hussein is a threat, but the threat is not so great that we must be stampeded to provide such authority to this president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/saddam-hussein-is-a-threat-but-the-threat-is-not-so-great-that-we/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) > [Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/mission-accomplished-the-mission-in-iraq-as-laid-out-by-president/) [Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-minority/robert-byrd/#itemlist", "name": "1 Rights Minority Quotes By Robert Byrd", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's what the Senate is about. 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