Able Quote by Barack Obama

Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes…

— Claire McCaskill

The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives.

— Paul Valery

Congress is hard to deal with, dealing with, you know, multiple parliaments and commissions and unions and this and that and the other, that's…

— Barack Obama

The last time I checked, the president was supposed to sit down and figure out what he wanted and then get Congress to go…

— Diana Taylor

The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties of the…

— John Burroughs

Any president has to work with Congress.

— Mac Thornberry

Never be easy for any president to deal with any Congress. But republicans got to work together. We got to get things done.

— Chris Christie

Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could…

— Dave Barry

“What’s a treaty? It’s a piece of paper. An agreement means nothing in itself. It’s the power to force others to comply with that…

— S. J. Kincaid

All too often politicians sign treaties in a hurry, without reading them properly, and without understanding where they will lead.

— Chris Grayling