We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIt is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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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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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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We 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.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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