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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

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

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....

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...

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine...

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine...

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...

They hired the money, didn't they?

They hired the money, didn't they?

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...

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....

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

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...

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...

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action...

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action...

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

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

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...

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...

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.