Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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Your letter is received, accompanied by a newspaper clipping which discusses the possibility that a colored man may be the Republican nominee for Congress from one of the New York districts.
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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't know too much, but you can say too much.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
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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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It is not industry, but idleness, that is degrading.
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No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
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To such a memorial as exists here we can only come in a spirit of humility and of gratitude. We can not hope to repay those whom we are assembled to honor. They were moved by a noble conception of human possibilities and human destiny. But we can undertake to find what was their inspiration and seek to make it our guide. By that they will be recompensed.
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The words of a President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.
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Another matter before the Congress is legislation affecting the labor sections of the transportation act. Much criticism has been directed at the workings of this section and experience has shown that some useful amendment could be made to these provisions.
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To be independent to my mind does not mean to be isolated, to be the priest or the Levite, but rather to be the good Samaritan. There is no real independence save only as we secure it through the law of service.
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We Americans are idealists. We are willing to follow the truth solely because it is the truth. We put our main emphasis on the things which are spiritual. While we possess an unsurpassed skill in marshaling and using the material resources of the world, still the nation has not sought for wealth and power as an end but as a means to a higher life.
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Workmen's compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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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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When people not accustomed to Washington came to the office, or when I met them on some special occasion, they often remarked that it seemed to be my busy day, to which my stock reply came to be that all days were busy and there was little difference among them.
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Another activity which is being encouraged is that of gardening. This is necessarily somewhat limited, but the opportunity for engaging in it has never been anywhere near exhausted. It makes its appeal alike to youth and age. It is extremely practical on the one hand, and lends itself to the artistic on the other.