"It was the separation of powers upon which……" — Robert Byrd
"It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional powers."
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Robert Byrd
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29 Quotes by Robert Byrd
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One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll…
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Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side.…
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To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be…
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We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness…
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It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
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Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export to the world.
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The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give…
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This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.
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Congress is not an ATM.
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Do not run a campaign that would embarrass your mother.
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Can it be that we, too, are ready to embrace the foul concepts of atheism? Somebody is tampering with America's…
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