The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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

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

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

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 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...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned...

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...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United...

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United...

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.

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....

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...

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...

There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of...

There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of...

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during...

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during...