Chief Quotes

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I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf, — George W. Bush
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets. — Oscar Wilde
Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man. — Bertrand Russell
One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. This department of the game has been… — Robert Benchley
Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the… — Shirley Chisholm
Humankind will not be free until the last Kremlin commissar is strangled with the entrails of the last Pentagon chief of staff. — Edward Abbey
The artist in our time has two chief responsibilities: (1) art; and (2) sedition. — Edward Abbey
Alaska's chief attractions are: (a) its small and insignificant human population, thanks to the miserable climate; and (b) its large and magnificent wildlife population, thanks… — Edward Abbey
The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power. — Friedrich August von Hayek
Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be.Â The Christian religion is the best religion that has been… — Thomas Jefferson
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson
My chief joy is to photograph the great in heart, in mind, and in spirit, whether they be famous or humble. — Yousuf Karsh
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy… — Kurt Vonnegut
The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained… — W. E. B. Du Bois
More children from the fit, less from the unfit -- that is the chief aim of birth control. — Margaret Sanger
The transition from tenseness, self-responsibility, and worry, to equanimity, receptivity, and peace, is the most wonderful of all those shiftings of inner equilibrium, those changes… — William James
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in lifeâ€”becoming a better person. — Leo Tolstoy
My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief. — Michele Bachmann
It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is the… — Mark Rothko
Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities… — Elio Di Rupo

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