Constitutional Roles Quotes

There can only be one government, and the president has certain roles and duties, which are to hold the second key on money and on people but not to go and check the government or tell the government what it is supposed to do.

If you want to change a law, you have to pass a law. Presidents don't write laws. Congress writes laws.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

If parliament and government work together in their respective constitutional roles, and respect due processes, we will maximise our chances of making the right decisions as we encounter the many challenges, risks and opportunities Brexit poses for our country.

Washington is not the problem; the Congress is the problem.

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

I hope that the American public understands that we have three levels of government. We have the (unintelligible) the executive, but there's legislative and the judicial, and the legislative obviously need to be just doing their job.

The legislative branch acts for the future. Judges act by reflecting on the past. The President has to deal with the realities of today.

I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them.