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Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Calvin Coolidge

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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
J. C. Coolidge
C. Coolidge
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Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application.
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Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.
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Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important and that his work well done is a part of an unending plan.
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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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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Work is not a curse it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.
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Honorable Senators: My sincerest thanks I offer you. Conserve the firm foundations of our institutions. Do your work with the spirit of a soldier in the public service. Be loyal to the Commonwealth and to yourselves and be brief above all be brief.
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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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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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It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.
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