Agree Quote by Michael Hastings

Presidents do not go into war lightly. It's a tremendous responsibility in making decisions, and I know Bush must deeply believe this is the…

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

The military's job is to win the war. A president's job is to win the peace.

— John F. Kerry

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

No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.

— Wendell Willkie

I think it can be very important for the president to seek congressional approval for war , even though not constitutionally required to do…

— John Yoo

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

The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force.

— Robert A. Heinlein

When the country is at war, you need to support the president.

— Ralph Hall

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

— George Orwell

One side thinks the president'€™s request for war-making powers is too brazen and even reckless. The other side thinks it is too spineless and…

— Peter Baker

Every US President has to have a war.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive…

— William Paterson