When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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...

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

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...

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...

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...

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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...

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

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

There comes a time when you have to be your own hero. Because sometimes, the...

There comes a time when you have to be your own hero. Because sometimes, the...

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...