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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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Plymouth Notch
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John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
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I always enjoy animal acts.
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Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.
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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more.
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Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.
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Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.
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The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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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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The government can supply no substitute for enterprise.
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Nature is inexorable. If men do not follow the truth they cannot live.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Human nature provides sufficient distrust of all that is alien, so that there is no need of any artificial supply.
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive peoples.
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The man who builds a factory, builds a temple.
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One with the law is a majority.
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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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