Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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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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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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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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Silence can never be misquoted.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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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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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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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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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 most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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