Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIf all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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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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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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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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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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