Dwight Morrow

Dwight Whitney Morrow (January 11, 1873 – October 5, 1931) was an American businessman, politician, attorney, and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Mexico and later was elected to the United States Senate. Quotes Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. Quoted in Outlook and Independent, Vol. 156 (1930), p. 289. Ascribed to an October 1930 speech in The Encarta Book of Quotations (2000), p. 672 The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition. From a letter to his son, as quoted in Harold Nicolson, Dwight Morrow (1935), p. 52 We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts. Quoted by Harold Nicolson in his biography Dwight Morrow (1935), p. 50-51 External links Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:United States Ambassadors to Mexico Category:Lawyers from New York (state) Category:Members of the United States Senate Category:1873 births Category:1931 deaths Category:People from West Virginia