Lincoln Chafee famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Trust is built with consistency.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Trust #Consistency
Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#World #Metrics #Embrace
President Obama knows that wars are not to be entered into lightly; he knows that overseas conflicts don't only do damage in the land in which they are fought, but in the land of those who fight them, as well.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#War #Fighting #Land
Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Children #College #Quality
In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Winning #Branches #Executive Branch
I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Administration #Born
I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Party #Caring #Conservative
I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Rhode Island #Islands #Presidential
As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Names #Groups #Republican
American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Doors #World #Wonder
America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Military #War #America
A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Country #Strong #Class
Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Quality #Reform #Care
I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Playing Games #Violence #Sexism
Anger's not a good emotion.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Anger #Emotion
Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Winning #Thinking #Talking
Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Appreciation #Two #Democracy
The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#Party #Responsibility #Reason
In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#World #Unsaid #Diplomacy
Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.
-- Lincoln Chafee

#America #President #Students

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