Best Veto Quotes

51 Veto quotes by 45 unique authors

I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was… — Sam Huntington
The United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid of a veto… — Nelson Mandela
It seems with every new day, we have a new veto threat from the president. — Mitch McConnell
I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps… — Barack Obama
The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it. — Ronald Reagan
Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions. — Marya Mannes
By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the… — Mitch McConnell
The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto. — Hassan Nasrallah
Gov. Romney said he would veto the Dream Act. Gov. Romney essentially said the 11 million people ought to just go home, they ought to… — David Plouffe
My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto. — Winston Churchill
Congress knew Coolidge would veto the farm bill. There was more politics than relief in that bill. — Will Rogers
If a tax hike makes it to my desk, I'll veto it in less time than it takes Vanna White to turn the letters V-E-T-O! — Ronald Reagan
There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as… — Barbara Jordan
You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if - if you send a bill to me that spends more… — Rick Perry
The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council… — Vladimir Putin
Every man has but one destiny" Veto Corleone — Mario Puzo
I know what it was like to not have a voice, so my daughter has a voice. I veto that voice when needed because at… — Lorraine Toussaint
If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen. — Bill Owens
We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face of an explicit threat to veto by a permanent member,… — John Negroponte
It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably… — Amos Oz
There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, the intolerable situation in our… — Rafael Correa
I will veto any tax increase. — Susana Martinez
We saw there was no consensus in the U.N. Security Council. It was impossible, due to the threatened veto by some. — Jose Maria Aznar
Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto. — Donald Tusk
I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve… — Scott Brown

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