War Chief

War chief can refer to

  • Warlord
  • Tribal chief during wartime, particularly among indigenous peoples of the Americas

Famous quotes containing the words war and/or chief:

    “The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.”
    —Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)

    “To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful God who obeys his own laws.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)