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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEPerhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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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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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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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 people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of 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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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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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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