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Calvin Coolidge

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"We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen."

God

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."

Miscellaneous

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

Luck

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

Democracy

"The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct."

Morality

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."

Government

"The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes."

America

"The business of America is business."

America, Business

"Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

Motivation & Goals

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

Politics

"Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."

Patriotism

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence."

Motivation & Goals

"No man ever listened himself out of a job."

Talking

"No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist."

Success

"Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws."

Government

"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

Wisdom

"It takes a great man to be a good listener."

Talking

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

Religion

"If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you."

Miscellaneous

"If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it."

Talking

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