Executives Quote by Garet Garrett

The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath…

— Joseph Story

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president.

— Tom Rice

One of the most solemn responsibilities of the president--and it's set out expressly in the Constitution--is that the president is to take care that…

— Samuel Alito

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the…

— Andrew Jackson

If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.

— Scott Pruitt

It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first…

— Alexander Hamilton

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the…

— Ambrose Bierce

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

— Charles Krauthammer

The president-elect [Donald Trump] has a duty and obligation to abide by the law. And he's except from most all of these laws.

— Jason Chaffetz

As president the law dictates how I do my job. The same law dictates how a judge should function.

— Jovenel Moise

Under Article II, all executive power is vested in one president of the United States. The regulatory state is Congress's efforts to undermine the…

— Ted Cruz

It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted.

— Emmerson Mnangagwa