Chief Quotes
993 quotes by 746 authors
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The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally…
— Hannah Arendt
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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
— Oswald Chambers
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To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful…
— Eric Hoffer
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Nothing did more to spur the boom in stocks than the decision made by the New York Federal Reserve bank, in the spring of 1927,…
— Bernard Baruch
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The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
— James A. Garfield
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Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State,…
— Winston Churchill
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Let's Face it, - Sinatra is a king. He's a very sharp operator, a keen record chief, and has a keen appreciation of what the…
— Bing Crosby
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The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Those…
— Van Jones
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The boomerang is Australia's chief export (and then import).
— Demetri Martin
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The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important', of course, depends…
— Howard Zinn
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Hillary Clinton's opponent in the U.S. Senate race, the Republican she's going to be running against, has been married three times, had an affair with…
— Jay Leno
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My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends,
— Christopher Hitchens
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The chief source of problems is solutions.
— Eric Sevareid
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My most important title is still “mom-in-chief.
— Michel'le
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You can't flip-flop and be commander-in-chief.
— Newt Gingrich
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For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call of duty to…
— Ryan Zinke
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I always wanted a father. Any kind. A strict one, a funny one, one who bought me pink dresses, one who wished I was a…
— Judy Blundell
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Even before the hearings that led to confirmation of Chief Justice Roberts, senators were saying they were reserving judgment on how they would vote until…
— Dana Perino
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I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to…
— George W. Bush
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I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.
— George W. Bush
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