The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
CALVIN COOLIDGESchool is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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There 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.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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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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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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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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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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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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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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