Century Quote by Robert Higgs

Historians sometimes view presidents very differently from the way the public did at the time. Sometimes they don't.

— Michael Beschloss

When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie.

— Robert Higgs

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

Recent presidents have gone off on ad hoc adventures. They have set unattainable goal because they have framed the issue incorrectly, as they believed…

— George Friedman

There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

— Jimmy Carter

Presidents are afraid to lose wars. They're afraid to be outflanked on the right by the militarists. They don't want to be seen as…

— Bill Moyers

“Launching a nice little war to divert national attention was a gambit no less appealing to nineteenth-century politicians than it is to their present-day…

— Jon Krakauer

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

Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment.

— Marco Rubio

“The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements… The people…

— Tom Clancy

Presidents have, of course, acted inappropriately in the past, and our constitutional system has a framework in place for addressing misconduct by the chief…

— Asha Rangappa

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