A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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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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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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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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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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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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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 Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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