Believe Quote by Julie Nixon Eisenhower

If members of Congress were to vote to allow a military action, they might then share the blame if the mission were to go…

— Tom Malinowski

The President never intends to get into any kind of war situation. He gets carried away by events.

— Alan Alda

Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not all, have…

— Donald Rumsfeld

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in…

— Robert McNamara

To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a last resort, not a first choice. I…

— Robert Byrd

Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war…

— Gore Vidal

Every US President has to have a war.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It…

— Charles B. Rangel

A state department official once told me this about the role of the president. He said: "We wage war for realist reasons, we justify…

— Michael Hastings

I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office and foreign policy matters with war on my mind.

— George W. Bush

Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the…

— Joe Pitts

I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign policy matters with war on my mind.

— George W. Bush