The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

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...

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...

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

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

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

The business of America is business.

The business of America is business.

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...

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...

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....

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools...

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools...