We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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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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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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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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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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free 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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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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