Robert Byrd quotes

Robert Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 50 years. Renowned for his mastery of Senate rules and deep knowledge of American history, he became one of the most influential lawmakers in Congress. He left a lasting legacy through his leadership roles and commitment to public service. Here are 17 of his quotes:

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who'll be with me will be my family. (Robert Byrd)
To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship. View quote
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It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics. View quote
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Congress is not an ATM. View quote
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We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends. View quote
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Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal. View quote
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I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution. View quote
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It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.' View quote
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This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history. View quote
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Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess? View quote
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The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money. (Robert Byrd)
The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq. View quote
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Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export to the world. View quote
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To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. View quote
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed. View quote
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That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust. View quote
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It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional powers. View quote
Robert Byrd

Robert Byrd

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Occupation: American Politician
Born: November 20, 1917
Died: June 28, 2010
Quotes count: 17