I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics. — Robert Byrd Copy Share
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
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
Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess? — Robert Byrd Copy Share
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
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
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
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
Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed. — Robert Byrd Copy Share
