When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free 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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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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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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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 foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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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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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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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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