Congress Quote by Rand Paul

Naturally our Government would not consent to such terms, and so the war had to proceed.

— Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

— Robert Reich

The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.

— Roger Sherman

The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.

— Ted Cruz

Forgive what may seem cut speech if I say that, in my judgment, a President with a just sense of duty has no option…

— Robert Owen

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

Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on…

— John Yoo

The President is bound to stop at the limits prescribed by our Constitution and law to the authorities in his hands, [and this] would…

— Thomas Jefferson

Are there any military actions that the president of the United States may not order on his own authority? If so, what are they?…

— Andrew Bacevich

That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that we have…

— Charles R. Chamberlain

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

Congress could always stop the President if Congress thinks that what the President has done exceeds the President's authority or is just wrong for…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg