Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

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...

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....

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create...

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create...

I suppose I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power doesn't...

I suppose I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power doesn't...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of...

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of...

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time nor 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...

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

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...