Quotes by Chauncey Depew

About Chauncey Depew:

Chauncey Mitchell Depew 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.
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The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

Chauncey Depew

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 counte...

Chauncey Depew

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

Chauncey Depew

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

Chauncey Depew

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

Chauncey Depew

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.

Chauncey Depew

Author Bio

  • NameChauncey Depew
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornApril 23, 1834
  • DiedApril 5, 1928
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician