Lincoln Chafee Quotes

• Trust is built with consistency.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Trust, Consistency, Built

  Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.201, Macmillan

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• Anger's not a good emotion.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Anger, Emotion

  "Q&A: Lincoln Chafee". Mother Jones Interview, www.motherjones.com. September, 2008.

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• 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

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• 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

  Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.2, Macmillan

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• Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Party, Independent, Responsibility

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• 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

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• Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.

  Lincoln Chafee

  World, Metrics, Embrace

  "Does Rick Perry deserve a second look from voters?". "The Five" with Eric Bolling, www.foxnews.com. June 4, 2015.

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• Any political historian can give innumerable examples of one percenters who have gone on to success, maybe even Bill Clinton himself?

  Lincoln Chafee

  Success, Giving, Political

  "As Democrats' 2016 dark horse, Chafee separates himself by taking on Hillary" by Dan Merica, www.cnn.com. April 24, 2015.

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• I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Party, Caring, Conservative

  "Q&A: Lincoln Chafee". Mother Jones Interview, www.motherjones.com. September/October, 2008.

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• I do believe that 2016 is going to be a great year for Democrats... because we are right on the key issues.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Believe, Keys, Years

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• American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Doors, World, Wonder

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

  Lincoln Chafee

  World, Unsaid, Diplomacy

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• The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Party, Responsibility, Reason

  Lincoln Chafee's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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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 the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Winning, Thinking, Talking

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. March 13, 2005.

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• Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.

  Lincoln Chafee

  America, President, Students

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• 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

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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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.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Playing Games, Violence, Sexism

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• 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

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• I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Administration, Born

  "Q&A: Lincoln Chafee". Mother Jones Interview, www.motherjones.com. September/October, 2008.

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• A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Country, Strong, Class

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Rhode Island, Islands, Presidential

  Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.9, Macmillan

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• 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

  Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.9, Macmillan

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• 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

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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