There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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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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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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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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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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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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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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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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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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