Political Quotes

“I just want to simply say in Vietnam there was not a bullet shot, there was not a gun held by a GI, that was not authorized and paid for by this Congress, and this Congress can stop it, or can make it go ahead any time it wants. I suggest again to the gentleman that my amendment requires us to know, to be in at the take-off as well as the landing, to be not only informed but to be given reports, periodic reports. Then we have the power to stop it or go ahead, and be a full partner. We would be the dominating partner, because the President cannot wage war without our funding it. Lastly, the lesson of Vietnam, to anybody who is not deaf, dumb, and blind, is that you cannot carry on a war without the support of the people. That means the support of Congress. We are, under the Constitution, under the power to appropriate and raise the money and spend it, we are full partners. We are the senior partner with the executive.”