Calvin Coolidge Quotes about Destiny

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I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters of their own destiny.

I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters of their own destiny.

Calvin Coolidge

Freedom, Independent, Destiny

Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.

Calvin Coolidge

Destiny, Men, Desire

Speech on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 5, 1926.

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