The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to...

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to...

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

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

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

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep...

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep...

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

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

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

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.