Chauncey Depew Quotes

United States, Attorney At Law
April 23, 1834 – April, 5, 1928.

Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 – April 5, 1928) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911.

Also known as Public Servant

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

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- Up
- Important
- Mind
I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.

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- Friends
- Exercise

If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

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- Truth
- Party
- Lies
The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

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- Lawyer
The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Chauncey Depew
- Life
A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.

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- Witty
It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.

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- Rock
There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones.

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- World
- Good

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Chauncey Depew
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.

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- Women
- Bad