Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIn life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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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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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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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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We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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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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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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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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