Separation of powers Quote by Jack Cashill

“The President and the Congress are all very well in their way. They can say what they think they think, but it rests with…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I believe the most important benefit that I can confer on the country by my presidency is to insist upon the entire independence of…

— Grover Cleveland

“The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional.”

— Chris Edelson

“The report made a science fiction-like case that the president was within his constitutional rights to reinterpret congressional legislation to conform more closely to…

— Rachel Maddow

“The idea that the president has the power to craft a new strategy both overstates his power and understates the power of reality crafted…

— George Friedman

I have a great deal of concern for any president and the amount of power they accumulate versus congress. I'm a stickler about the…

— Rand Paul

“If the president uses executive orders to legislate new laws, that would be an example of him subverting legislative power from Congress, and might…

— Gary Hansen

“power that isn’t really justified by the will of the governed should be dismantled.”

— Noam Chomsky

”In a time of war, the president must have the power he needs to make the tough decisions, including, if need be, the decision…

— George W. Bush

“The fundamental idea is that through the separation of powers and checks and balances, different voices—those of the President, the Senate, and the House…

— Thomas O. Sargentich

“The Framers reasoned that Congress, faced with a president who usurps legislative prerogatives, would fight back by cutting off money the president would need…

— Andrew McCarthy

“the path of politics should be cleared with the sword of the constitution”

— king Annan