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War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.

War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.

Calvin Coolidge
War, Law, Reign

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

Calvin Coolidge
Congratulations, Failure, Progress

Civilisation and profits go hand in hand.

Calvin Coolidge
Hands, Profit, Civilisation
Speech in New York, 27 November 1920, in 'New York Times' 28 November 1920, p. 20

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press.

Calvin Coolidge
Accomplishment, Freedom Of Speech, Liberty
"Foundations of the Republic; Speeches and Addresses" by Calvin Coolidge, 1926.

The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.

Calvin Coolidge
Liberty, Fundamentals, Toleration
Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1925

We need not concern ourselves much about rights of property if we faithfully observe the rights of persons.

Calvin Coolidge
Rights, Needs, Concern

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.

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

Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application.

Calvin Coolidge
People, Failing, Capacity

Nature is inexorable. If men do not follow the truth they cannot live.

Calvin Coolidge
Wisdom, Men, President

America has many glories. The last one that she would wish to surrender is the glory of the men who have served her in war. While such devotion lives, the nation is secure. Whatever dangers may threaten from within or without, she can view them calmly. Turning to her veterans, she can say: 'These are our defenders. They are invincible. In them is our safety.'

Calvin Coolidge
War, Men, Views
"America and the War". Speech by Calvin Coolidge, en.wikisource.org. 1920.

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more.

Calvin Coolidge
Law, Would Be, Wells
Ferrell, Calvin Coolidge, Robert H. Ferrell, Howard H. Quint (1979). “TALKATIVE PRESIDENT OFF”, Dissertations-G

As I went about with my father, when he collected taxes, I knew that when taxes were laid someone had to work hard to earn the money to pay them.

Calvin Coolidge
Father, Hard Work, President

There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.

Calvin Coolidge
Education, Science, Men
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.58, The Minerva Group, Inc.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

Calvin Coolidge
Usa, People, Investing
"The Press Under a Free Government". Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, archive.org. January 17, 1925.

In other periods of depression, it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope, but as I look about, I now see nothing to give ground to hope-nothing of man.

Calvin Coolidge
Depression, Men, Giving
"False Hope: Famous Quotes During the Great Depression", www.foxnews.com. 1933.

Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates were secured by increasing the bonded debt for current expenses or refusing to keep our institutions up to the standard in repairs, extensions, equipment, and accommodations. I refuse, and the Republican Party refuses, to endorse that method of sham and shoddy economy.

Calvin Coolidge
Party, Past, Government

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Calvin Coolidge
Christmas, Xmas, Real
"Chicken soup for the soul Christmas treasury for kids" by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Irene Dunlap, HCI, (p. 1), 2002.

Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.

Calvin Coolidge
Tables, Revolutionary, Multiplication
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

We do not need to import any foreign economic ideas or any foreign government. We had better stick to the American brand of government, the American brand of equality, and the American brand of wages. America had better stay American

Calvin Coolidge
Government, Ideas, America

The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

Calvin Coolidge
America, Purpose, Favors
Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1925

Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.

Calvin Coolidge
Employment, Cold, Hours
"Address at Holy Cross (25 June 1919)". "Have Faith In Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages", Second edition, p. 231, 1919.

The government can supply no substitute for enterprise.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, Substitutes, Enterprise
Calvin Coolidge (1925). “America's Need for Education: And Other Educational Addresses”

All growth depends upon activity.

Calvin Coolidge
Hard Work, Growth, Hardwork
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired body of men. It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness ... Who can fail to see it in the hand of Destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided by a Divine Providence?

Calvin Coolidge
Christian, Father, Destiny

Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races.

Calvin Coolidge
Race