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.
CALVIN COOLIDGESurprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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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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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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They 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.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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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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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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