When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs...

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs...

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

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

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

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

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own...

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own...

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....

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.

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.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

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...

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...

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

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

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