Congress Quote by Robert McNamara

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

Every US President has to have a war.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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

— Robert Reich

There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.

— John F. Kerry

Every country should be tired of going to war. War is a terrible thing. If I had been in Congress, as much as I…

— Donald Rumsfeld

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

I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.

— Rand Paul

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy…

— Allen Boyd

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

— Wendell Willkie

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

— Alan Alda

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

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