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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there...

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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...

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

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

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...

Love came down at Christmas Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas,...

Love came down at Christmas Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas,...

Christmas ... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home...

Christmas ... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home...