The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
CALVIN COOLIDGEOne of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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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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If 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.
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The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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