The president stands between the twin mirrors of the past and future, causing his being to become reflected an infinite amount of times. At first, this can be very disorienting. But it induces the president to move quickly. He may, for example, mimic a wave with his arms in order to see how his actions extend across this mirroring of time, observing if the figure at the end acts at the same instant as the figure before him, and so on and so forth.
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.
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.
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.
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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