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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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.
John Calvin Coolidge
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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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Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.
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