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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.
John Calvin Coolidge
President Coolidge
J. C. Coolidge
C. Coolidge
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War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.
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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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We live an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create the Declaration. Our Declaration created them. ... If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it.
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The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases.
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade.
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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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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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The Jews themselves, of whom a considerable number were already scattered throughout the colonies, were true to the teachings of their prophets. The Jewish faith is predominantly the faith of liberty.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad.
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Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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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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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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We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.
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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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