The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIf American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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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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You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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