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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.

The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.

Calvin Coolidge
Bible, God, Country

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

Calvin Coolidge
Effort
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.147, The Minerva Group, Inc.

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.

Calvin Coolidge
Atheist, Men, Important
Telephone Remarks to a Group of Boy Scouts: "What it Means to Be a Boy Scout", July 25, 1924.

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.

Calvin Coolidge
Spiritual, Intellectual, Vision
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.377, The Minerva Group, Inc.

What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.

Calvin Coolidge
Men, Good Woman, Helping

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

Calvin Coolidge
Presidential, Political, Four

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

Calvin Coolidge
Simple, Accountability, Political

School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.

Calvin Coolidge
Education, Learning, School
Calvin Coolidge (1972). “Calvin Coolidge says: dispatches written by former-president Coolidge and syndicated to newspapers in 1930-1931 : gathered for issuance in book form on the one-hundredth anniversary of Mr. Coolidge's birth, 4 July 1972”

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

Calvin Coolidge
Mean, Government, Self
Calvin Coolidge (1972). “Calvin Coolidge says: dispatches written by former-president Coolidge and syndicated to newspapers in 1930-1931 : gathered for issuance in book form on the one-hundredth anniversary of Mr. Coolidge's birth, 4 July 1972”

The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.

Calvin Coolidge
Country, Evil, Way

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

Calvin Coolidge
Accomplishment, Presidential, Political
1929 Press conference, Mar.

The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.

Calvin Coolidge
President, Weight, Used
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

Money will not purchase character or good government.

Calvin Coolidge
Character, Government
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.

Calvin Coolidge
Teaching, Responsibility, Preparation
Calvin Coolidge (1925). “America's Need for Education: And Other Educational Addresses”

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Calvin Coolidge
Life, Relationship, Wisdom

If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.

Calvin Coolidge
Inspirational, Judging, Criticism

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Calvin Coolidge
Wisdom, Hard Work, Maturity

We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.

Calvin Coolidge
4th Of July, Patriotic, Home

The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.

Calvin Coolidge
Country, People, Principles
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.

Calvin Coolidge
Leadership, Men, Republic

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

Calvin Coolidge
Country, 4th Of July, Mean
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization.

Calvin Coolidge
Inspirational, Army, Organization
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

Duty is not collective; it is personal.

Calvin Coolidge
Duty, Collectives
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

You don't have to explain something you never said.

Calvin Coolidge
Silence, Said

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

Calvin Coolidge
Patriotic, Force, Idealism
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.5, The Minerva Group, Inc.