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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and...

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and...

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

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...

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

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...

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...

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

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

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

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care...

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care...

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious - If all the folks in the...

They criticize me for harping on the obvious - If all the folks in the...

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.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

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

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

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...

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't...

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't...

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as...

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as...