No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
CALVIN COOLIDGEDoubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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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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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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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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