John Yoo Quotes

Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad. The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.

The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

There is going to be no involvement of America in war unless it is the result of the Constitutional process that is placed upon Congress to declare it.

Whenever America sends its citizens into harm's way, it must do so with eyes wide open.

I don't think people realize how many decisions the president of the United States makes about military action.

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?

You can’t take military action in war without the support of government.

Except in case of attack by armed forces … the people shall have the sole power by a national referendum to declare war or to engage in warfare overseas.

I knew we were going to get into this sort of a mess when we went in there. And I don’t see how we’re ever going to get out of it without fighting a major war with the Chinese.

Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion … and you allow him to make war at pleasure. … If today he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may see no probability he would say to you, “Be silent!, I see if you don’t.”

We in America should see that no man is ever given, no matter how gradually or how noble and excellent the man, the power to put this country into a war

A United States President should never, never, never, never threaten the use of force unless he is prepared to follow up.

The military people don't like it; the government probably doesn't like it, but the people should know what they're sending their young people into when they permit their governments to declare war and engage in war.

The use of military force against a sovereign nation is an act of war. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution explicitly grants Congress the sole power to declare war.

Missile strikes - or any other such action - against a sovereign nation is an act of war.

If military action in Iraq is launched without a new U.N. resolution, Canada will not participate.

When any kind of military action is popular it's because either there's been a very clear, direct threat to us - 9/11 - or an administration uses various hooks to suggest that American interests were directly threatened - like in Panama or Grenada. And sometimes, those hooks are more persuasive than others, but typically, they're not put before Congress.

Speaker John Boehner complained that Barack Obama ordered the U.S. military into combat in Libya without clearly defining the mission to the American people and Congress. See, apparently, you're only allowed to do that when invading Iraq.

The United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime.