When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

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.

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.

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

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

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

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...

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....

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 force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

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

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

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

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.

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...

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...