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Men Quotes by Calvin Coolidge
- Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
- A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great…
- There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there…
- I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of…
- The more I study it [the Constitution], the more I have come to admire it, realizing that no other document devised by the hand of…
- It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion
- What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
- America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.
- One day the President and Mrs. Coolidge were visiting a government farm. Soon after their arrival they were taken off on separate tours. When Mrs.…
- It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence…
- Measured by the standards of men of their time, [the Pilgrims] were the humble of the earth. Measured by later accomplishments, they were the mighty.…
- There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's…
- It has not been my fortune to know very much of Freemasonry, but I have had the great fortune to know many Freemasons and have…
- 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…
- In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions. Equality,…
- It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for…
- Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.
- Nature is inexorable. If men do not follow the truth they cannot live.
- If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers…
- Men do not make laws. They do but discover them.
- [May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that has been rendered…
- 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…
- What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
- It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a…
- Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
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