"In the executive branch, winning by a whisker……" — Lincoln Chafee
"In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate."
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21 Quotes by Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee has 21 quotes on this site.
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Trust is built with consistency.
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In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.
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The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.
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Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share…
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Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement…
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Anger's not a good emotion.
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I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games.
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Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums…
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A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.
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America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without…
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American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.
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As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for…
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More Branch Quotes
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The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy.…
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Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books…
— Anthony Burgess
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
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You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you…
— Rosalynn Carter
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
— Marc Chagall
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let…
— Yasser Arafat
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The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence…
— Michelangelo
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For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be…
— Martin Luther
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I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the…
— Alfred Russel Wallace
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No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made…
— Trey Gowdy
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The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested…
— James Madison
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