Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
CALVIN COOLIDGEYour ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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