John Chafee Quotes

United States, Politician
October 22, 1922 – October, 24, 1999.

John Lester Hubbard Chafee (/ˈtʃeɪfiː/ CHAY-fee; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator.

I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)... . It is time to act. We cannot go on like this. Ban them!

John Chafee
You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

John Chafee
- Done
- House

Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.

John Chafee
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. ... The amount of damage that an offshore oil rig can do is infinite.

John Chafee
- Thinking
- Infinite
- Damage