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> [If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters our fathers triumphantly fought. While wisely rejecting throne and caste and privilege and an Established Church in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/if-we-claim-heritage-in-bacon-shakespeare-and-milton-we-also/)

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## More by Chauncey Depew

> [My dinners have never interfered with my business. They have been my recreation. . . A public banquet, if eaten with thought and care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/my-dinners-have-never-interfered-with-my-business-they-have-been-my/)

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> [Force was the factor in the government of the world when Christ was born, and force was the source and exercise of authority both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/force-was-the-factor-in-the-government-of-the-world-when-christ-was/)

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> [Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/follow-the-path-of-the-unsafe-independent-thinker-expose-your-ideas/)

[Chauncey Depew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chauncey-depew/)

> [If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters our fathers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/if-we-claim-heritage-in-bacon-shakespeare-and-milton-we-also/)

[Chauncey Depew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chauncey-depew/)

> [When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/when-franklin-drew-the-lightning-from-the-clouds-he-little-dreamed/)

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> [As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/as-for-food-half-of-my-friends-have-dug-their-graves-with-their-teeth/)

[Chauncey Depew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chauncey-depew/)

> [It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/it-s-pleasant-to-hear-these-nice-words-while-i-m-still-alive-i-d/)

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> [I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/i-get-my-exercise-acting-as-a-pallbearer-to-my-friends-who-exercise/)

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> [Neither realism nor romance furnishes a more striking and picturesque figure than that of Christopher Columbus. The mystery about his origin heightens the charm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/neither-realism-nor-romance-furnishes-a-more-striking-and-picturesque/)

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> [It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/it-is-a-pity-that-instead-of-the-pilgrim-fathers-landing-on-plymouth/)

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> [But the closer we study their lives, and the better we know their deeds, the more profound is our admiration and the greater our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/but-the-closer-we-study-their-lives-and-the-better-we-know-their/)

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> [The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/the-enjoyment-of-life-would-be-instantly-gone-if-you-removed-the/)

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> [There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/there-are-millions-of-stories-in-the-world-and-several-hundred-of/)

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> [The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/the-government-of-the-united-states-is-and-always-has-been-a-lawyer-s/)

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> [The spirit of Columbus hovers over us to-day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-depew/the-spirit-of-columbus-hovers-over-us-to-day/)

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