Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
CALVIN COOLIDGEDoubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
CALVIN COOLIDGEA display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIn life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
CALVIN COOLIDGENever go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
CALVIN COOLIDGEOur 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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEUnless 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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThey criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe 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 COOLIDGEAmerica has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
CALVIN COOLIDGEYou 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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