A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
CALVIN COOLIDGELiberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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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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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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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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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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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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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 are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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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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