Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Charles G. Dawes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American president Charles G. Dawes.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Charles G. Dawes

Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under Calvin Coolidge. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.

Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. — © Charles G. Dawes
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
For me--I hold no commerce with despair!
Hope is a willing slave; despair is free.
I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.
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