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; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. - Calvin Coolidge
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
- Calvin Coolidge
Silence can never be misquoted. - Calvin Coolidge
Silence can never be misquoted.
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty. - Calvin Coolidge
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Calvin Coolidge
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
You can't know too much, but you can say too much. - Calvin Coolidge
You can't know too much, but you can say too much.
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. … - Calvin Coolidge
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. …
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its i… - Calvin Coolidge
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its i…
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success. - Calvin Coolidge
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.
Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it. - Calvin Coolidge
Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.
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