Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I didn't hear all the remarks of my colleague from Kansas, but I think what I have to say will follow on directly. I saw a prominent news magazine, the cover of which had a likeness of President Obama, and the title was ``The Imperial Presidency'' or ``The Imperial President,'' and the theme of it was this President seems to believe that by Executive order or Executive action he can simply do what he wants to do irrespective of whether the Congress has passed a law authorizing it or has in some other way directed the President to carry out a particular policy. When the President takes his oath of office to see that the laws of the country are faithfully executed, that is a requirement of his job. Our three-branch government has the legislative branch and the President jointly deciding what the law is to be, when Congress passes the law and the President signs it into law. It then has the President required to execute those laws. Now, he doesn't do it personally, of course. He does it with the Department of Justice. If it is something related to our national parks, then it would be the Department of the Interior, and so on.…”