President Quotes - Page 33

• Nobody has ever said in the United States government that we are going to war next month. No decision has been made by the president because, as he said to the United Nations, he wants the United Nations to live up to its responsibilities and he wants Saddam Hussein to cooperate.

  Colin Powell

  War, Responsibility, Government

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.

  Colin Powell

  Giving Up, Mass Destruction, Office

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president.

  Martin O'Malley

  Self, Facts, Racist

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Look, being president of the United States is the toughest job in the world and I can tell you, as someone who has worked with Secretary Clinton and competed against her that she is a tough person who is ready to do this job.

  Martin O'Malley

  Jobs, World, Tough Person

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• President Obama and Hillary Clinton, every time you disagree with them it doesn't matter which subject it is, you're a bigot or you're a racist.

  Jan Brewer

  Racist, Matter, Clinton

  "Brewer vs. O'Malley: Every Time You Disagree with Clinton, Obama You Are Called Racist". Political Panel, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 26, 2016.

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• God can use anything, and anyone - even a king or a president, even a tax collector or a businessman, a priest or a prostitute, a Republican or a Democrat.

  Shane Claiborne

  Kings, Use, Republican

  "Plotting goodness together: An interview with Shane Claiborne". Interview with Jonathan Merritt, religionnews.com. May 22, 2013.

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• I think that President [Dwight] Eisenhower was... did the most marvelous job in the war, not really a military job: a public relations job, and it was essential that there should be a public relations job done in the post that he had.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Jobs, Military, War

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• When Dwight Eisenhower became president, I personally was delighted. I thought that that was a very good thing.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Dwight Eisenhower, Good Things, Very Good

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• I think what Pope Francis is saying is that nobody's perfect, you know? And so someone like Joe Biden, you know, where - you know, when he was running for president, people were - there were some bishops that were like don't let him have the Eucharist. And Pope Francis is saying that's not the point of this.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Running, Thinking, People

  "Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

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• When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.

  Arlen Specter

  Independent, Absence, Authority

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] wrote - and this is one we should all remember - she wrote that even war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens. She held that even this president is not above the law.

  Patrick Leahy

  War, Rights, Law

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone.

  Patrick Leahy

  Law, Republican, Democratic

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who can demonstrate that he or she will not be beholden to the president, but only to the law.

  Patrick Leahy

  Law, People, Justice

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

  Orrin Hatch

  Giving, Judging, Advice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Under the president's spying program, there are no checks and balances. There is no outside review of the legality of this brazen infringement on the civil rights and liberties of the American people. Undeterred by the public outcry, the president [George Bush] vows to continue spying on American citizens.

  Samuel Alito

  Rights, People, Balance

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• It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court - Chief Justice [John] Roberts, Harriet Miers and now Judge Alito - has served not only as a lawyer for the executive branch, but has defended the most expansive view of presidential authority.

  Edward Kennedy

  Views, Justice, Judging

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.

  Edward Kennedy

  War, Justice, Want

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].

  Jon Kyl

  Justice, Taft, Court

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is not well-defined. The Constitution does not set down a road map. It does not require hearings. In fact, it does not even require questioning on your understanding of the Constitution nor the role of the Supreme Court.

  Mike DeWine

  Advice, Understanding, Doe

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• When it comes to the Supreme Court, the American people have only two times when they have any input into how our Constitution is interpreted and who will have the privilege to do so.First, we elect a president who has the power to nominate justices to the Supreme Court.Second, the people, acting through their representatives in the Senate, have their say on whether the president's nominee should in fact be confirmed.

  Mike DeWine

  Two, People, Justice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt reminded us that the Constitution is, and I quote, "a layman's document, not a lawyer's contract."

  Mike DeWine

  Constitution, Lawyer, Franklin

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to make policy.

  Mike DeWine

  Jobs, Law, Judging

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The good news is that we've seen in recent years significant reductions in the cost of solar panels and wind production. We know how significant an impact we can have by moving towards energy efficiency and transforming our transportation system. So we know what has to be done. We have to develop the political will to do it, and, as president, this would be an issue of huge concern to me.

  Bernie Sanders

  Moving, Political Will, Years

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• There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas corpus during the Civil War, Alien and Sedition Acts in World War I, or Japanese internment camps in World War II, presidents have gone too far.

  Dick Durbin

  War, Issues, Habeas Corpus

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens.

  Dick Durbin

  Taken, Rights, Citizens

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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