Congress Quote by Robert Reich

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

— Ted Cruz

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

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

U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war.

— Marvin Kalb

Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have…

— Val Kilmer

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

after a generation or two of shedding the deliberate political encumbrances to war ... of dropping Congress from the equation altogether, of super-empowering the…

— Rachel Maddow

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

— William Paterson

No power but Congress can declare war; but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may…

— Daniel Webster

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

The congressional role in declaring war is especially important not when the United States is the victim of an attack, but when the United…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have…

— George Washington