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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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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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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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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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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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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.
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