Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.

Quote by Robert Byrd

Topics: Robert Byrd Quotes

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way:...

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way:...

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the...

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the...

Congress is not an ATM.

Congress is not an ATM.

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through...

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through...

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the...

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the...

And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an...

And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an...

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty...

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty...

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the...

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the...

Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having...

Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having...

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is...

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is...

We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws,...

We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws,...

This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.

This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking...

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking...

Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export...

Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export...

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time...

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time...

To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.

To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a...

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a...