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Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge
Age: 60 †
Born: 1872
Born: July 4
Died: 1933
Died: January 5
30Th U.S. President
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John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
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I shouldn't want you to be surprised, or to draw any particular inference from my making speeches, or not making speeches, out there. I don't recall any candidate for President that ever injured himself very much by not talking.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.
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Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.
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Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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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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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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Nobody will ever forget what I've accomplished.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.
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Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.
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It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.
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I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them.
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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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The doctrine of the Declaration of Independence predicated upon the glory of man and the corresponding duty to society that the rights of citizens ought to be protected with every power and resource of the state, and a government that does any less is false to the teachings of that great document - false to the name American.
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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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