Conflict Quote by Arlen Specter

With 450,000 U. S. troops now in Vietnam, it is time that Congress decided whether or not to declare a state of war exists…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war.

— Marvin Kalb

“There was no such thing as the Vietnam War. This rather surprising statement is in fact 100% true - on a technicality. As the…

— Jack Goldstein

The Constitution's pretty clear. The Federalist papers are pretty clear... They very specifically delegated the power to declare war to Congress. They wanted this…

— Rand Paul

The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had…

— Abraham Lincoln

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

— Robert Reich

Vietnam was not a war of choice the United States had to fight. It was clearly not central.

— Richard N. Haass

The men in Vietnam weren't allowed to fight the war with any kind of concern to win by the government. It was like a…

— Sylvester Stallone

“Vietnam had never been a true civil war. It was a war of conquest, initiated and perpetuated for more than two decades by the…

— Andy Greenberg

On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare…

— Anonymous

Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have…

— Val Kilmer

Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on…

— John Yoo