Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics....

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics....

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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....

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own...

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own...

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

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.

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

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...

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

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

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

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

I'm not going to hurt you like she did. I wish you would give me...

I'm not going to hurt you like she did. I wish you would give me...