Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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The 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.
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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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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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When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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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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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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