Authority Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.

— George W. Bush

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

— Rand Paul

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

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

— Al Gore

Every president since George Washington has respected this clause in the Constitution. We want to avoid that Constitutional potential crisis. And the way to…

— Chuck Todd

The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an…

— Barack Obama

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

— Alan Alda

The president has to govern.

— Amy Klobuchar

Ultimately, what we want to do is see the president follow the laws.

— Steve Scalise

As a general matter, if the president wants to withdraw from a treaty, he simply gets to do that. And that's part of the…

— Benjamin Wittes

If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.

— Scott Pruitt