--- title: "4 John Chafee Quotes" description: "John Lester Hubbard Chafee was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b142/author-john-chafee-74141.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b142/author-john-chafee-74141.jpg) # John Chafee **4** quotes in **41** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Lester Hubbard Chafee was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th governor of Rhode Island, as the secretary of the Navy, and as a United States senator. ## Quotes by John Chafee > [Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chafee/caution-not-exuberance-should-be-our-fiscal-motto/) John Chafee [Caution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caution/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/john-chafee-74141_caution_caution-not-exuberance-should-be-our-fis_93190.png) > [I do not think there should be a limit on the rig's liability, because they are sitting on top of unlimited amounts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chafee/i-do-not-think-there-should-be-a-limit-on-the-rig-s-liability-because/) John Chafee [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/john-chafee-74141_amount_i-do-not-think-there-should-be-a-limit-o_156077.jpg) > [I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chafee/i-shortly-will-introduce-legislation-banning-the-sale-manufacture-or/) John Chafee [Amendment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amendment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/john-chafee-74141_amendment_i-shortly-will-introduce-legislation-ban_2165994.png) > [You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chafee/you-need-the-house-you-need-the-senate-and-you-need-the/) John Chafee [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/john-chafee-74141_absent_you-need-the-house-you-need-the-senate-a_2956482.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chafee/#itemlist", "name": "John Chafee Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Chafee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chafee/caution-not-exuberance-should-be-our-fiscal-motto/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/john-chafee-74141_caution_caution-not-exuberance-should-be-our-fis_93190.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/john-chafee-74141_caution_caution-not-exuberance-should-be-our-fis_93190.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/john-chafee-74141_caution_caution-not-exuberance-should-be-our-fis_93190.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.” — John Chafee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not think there should be a limit on the rig's liability, because they are sitting on top of unlimited amounts of oil, and thus, there could be an explosion occur that could do untold damage. ... 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