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Calvin Coolidge
Age: 60 †
Born: 1872
Born: July 4
Died: 1933
Died: January 5
30Th U.S. President
Autobiographer
Lawyer
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Statesperson
Plymouth Notch
Vermont
John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
John Calvin Coolidge
President Coolidge
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The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.
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It is very difficult to reconcile the American ideal of a sovereign people capable of owning and managing their own government with an inability to own and manage their own business.
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There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.
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A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
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Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who believe in it. The people of America believe in American institutions, the American form of government and the American method of transacting business.
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In other periods of depression, it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope, but as I look about, I now see nothing to give ground to hope-nothing of man.
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If you can get enough votes so that mine will make a majority, you can have it.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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To place your name by gift or bequest in the keeping of an active educational institution is to...make a permanent contribution to the welfare of humanity.
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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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It seems to me probable that of all our economic life the element on which we are inclined to place too low an estimate is advertising.
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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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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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