Chief Quotes

Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due.

I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.

Use a proper degree of terror …kill evey man Kaffir…if possible the Chief should be destroyed.

Warlike Ardour of the People: When they go into battle, it is a disgrace for the chief to be surpassed in valor, a disgrace for his followers not to equal the valor of the chief. And it is an infamy and a reproach for life to have survived the chief, and returned from the field. To defend, to protect him, to ascribe one's own brave deeds to his renown, is the height of loyalty. The chief fights for victory; his vassals fight for their chief.

White men have too many chiefs.

A good chief gives, he does not take.

As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years.

When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace.

Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

Chief scamp of the Quakers

Every responsible chief in the CIA knows that the more covert the action, the greater the need for a clear policy and a defined target.

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.

I'm the top dog.

I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

Eyes - the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

Traditional African tribal government was entirely different from Parliamentary democracy in the sense that we understand it. The essence of our system is we can change our Government, and therefore change or even reverse the policy it is pursuing, without bloodshed or violence, by the simple process of persuading our fellow citizens to put their vote in the ballot box. But once a Chief, after fullest consultation with his Council, had arrived at a decision, any further argument or opposition became treasonable. That is why in Africa you can never have a "loyal opposition". It follows from this that when the multi-party system of Parliamentary Government has been tried out in Africa, it has almost always become one-party rule.

Inhale to the Chief

As soon as a certain number of living beings are gathered together ... they place themselves instinctively under the authority of a chief. In the case of human crowds the chief is often nothing more than a ringleader or agitator, but as such he plays a considerable part.

The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it.

We need a little more 'Hail to the Chief.'

My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.