Calvin Coolidge
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Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation.
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Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Nothing in the world will take away persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than an unsuccessful man with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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The things I never say never get me into trouble.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor is the reward for what he gave.
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I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.
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Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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More people out of work leads to higher unemployment.`
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There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
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The chief business of the American people is business.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
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The business of America is business.
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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.
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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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.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
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Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
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If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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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.
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I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
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Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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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.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Advertising is the life of trade.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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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.
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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.
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No man ever listened himself out of a job.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
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I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I'll go along with them.