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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

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 person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for...

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

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...

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...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

If we fasten our attention on what we have, rather than on what we lack,...

If we fasten our attention on what we have, rather than on what we lack,...