One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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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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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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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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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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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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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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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 nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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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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Life is one darn thing after another.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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