There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIf 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.
CALVIN COOLIDGESchool is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
CALVIN COOLIDGETeaching 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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIf you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
CALVIN COOLIDGEAnytime you don’t want anything you get it.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
CALVIN COOLIDGECollecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
CALVIN COOLIDGEPatriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
CALVIN COOLIDGENever go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere 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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEEconomy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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