Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWhen a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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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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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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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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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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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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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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