Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit....

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit....

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no...

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no...

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that...

When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask...

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask...

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly,...

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly,...

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those...

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those...

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent...

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent...

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

Politics is largely a matter of heart.

Politics is largely a matter of heart.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Partys candidate for...

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Partys candidate for...

You go back to the start of time. One cave guy was fighting another cave...

You go back to the start of time. One cave guy was fighting another cave...