Chauncey Depew Quotes

b. 1928

Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 - April 5, 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as an attorney and as president of the New York Central Railroad System.

Also known as: Depew, Chauncey

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

FPA Book of Quotations : A New Collection of Famous Sayings (1952)

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

A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.

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

I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.

Four Talks for Bibliophiles (1958)

I saw Mr. Lincoln a number of times during the canvass for his second election. The characteristic which struck me most was his superabundance of common sense.

Testimony XXIV in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time (1886)

The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship. It will teach them that there is room and brotherhood for all who will support our institutions and aid in our development; but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever.

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