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America Has Many Glories. The Last One That She Would Wish To Surrender Is The Glory Of The Men Who Have Served Her In War. While Such Devotion Lives, The Nation Is Secure. Whatever Dangers May Threaten From Within Or Without, She Can View Them Calmly. Turning To Her Veterans, She Can Say: 'these Are Our Defenders. They Are Invincible. In Them Is Our Safety.'

-Calvin Coolidge

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America Has Many Glories.

Calvin Coolidge

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America Has Many Glories. The Last One That She Would Wish To Surrender Is The Glory Of The Men Who Have Served Her In War. While Such Devotion Lives, The Nation Is Secure. Whatever Dangers May Threaten From Within Or Without, She Can View Them Calmly. Turning To Her Veterans, She Can Say: 'these Are Our Defenders. They Are Invincible. In Them Is Our Safety.'

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We Must Have No Carelessness In Our Dealings With Public Property Or The Expenditure Of Public Money. Such A Condition Is Characteristic Either Of An Undeveloped People, Or Of A Decadent Civilization. America Is Neither.

Coincident With The Right Of Individual Property Under The Provisions Of Our Government Is The Right Of Individual Property. . . . When Once The Right Of The Individual To Liberty And Equality Is Admitted, There Is No Escape From The Conclusion That He Alone Is Entitled To The Rewards Of His Own Industry. Any Other Conclusion Would Necessarily Imply Either Privilege Or Servitude.

It Seems To Me Probable That Of All Our Economic Life The Element On Which We Are Inclined To Place Too Low An Estimate Is Advertising.

America... Cherishes No Purpose Save To Merit The Favor Of Almighty God.

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Realizing That We Can Not Live Unto Ourselves Alone, We Have Contributed Of Our Resources And Our Counsel To The Relief Of The Suffering And The Settlement Of The Disputes Among The European Nations. Because Of What America Is And What America Has Done, A Firmer Courage, A Higher Hope, Inspires The Heart Of All Humanity.

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Nothing Is Easier Than Spending Public Money. It Does Not Appear To Belong To Anybody. The Temptation Is Overwhelming To Bestow It On Somebody.

We Need Not Concern Ourselves Much About Rights Of Property If We Faithfully Observe The Rights Of Persons.

It Is Very Difficult To Reconcile The American Ideal Of A Sovereign People Capable Of Owning And Managing Their Own Government With An Inability To Own And Manage Their Own Business.

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Nothing Is More Common Than Unsuccessful People With Talent.

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No Person Was Ever Honored For What He Received. Honor Has Been The Reward For What He Gave.

Motivational Sports

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Restricted Immigration Is Not An Offensive But Purely A Defensive Action. It Is Not Adopted In Criticism Of Others In The Slightest Degree, But Solely For The Purpose Of Protecting Ourselves. We Cast No Aspersions On Any Race Or Creed, But We Must Remember That Every Object Of Our Institutions Of Society And Government Will Fail Unless America Be Kept American.

The Centralization Of Power In Washington, Which Nearly All Members Of Congress Deplore In Their Speech And Then Support By Their Votes, Steadily Increases.

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Men Do Not Make Laws. They Do But Discover Them.

It Is Not The Enactment, But The Observance Of Laws, That Creates The Character Of A Nation.

Those Who Want Their Rights Respected Under The Constitution And The Law Ought To Set The Example Themselves Of Observing The Constitution And The Law. While There May Be Those Of High Intelligence Who Violate The Law At Times, The Barbarian And The Defective Always Violate It. Those Who Disregard The Rules Of Society Are Not Exhibiting A Superior Intelligence, Are Not Promoting Freedom And Independence, Are Not Following The Path Of Civilization, But Are Displaying The Traits Of Ignorance, Of Servitude, Of Savagery, And Treading The Way That Leads Back To The Jungle.

To The American People: Christmas Is Not A Time Or A Season But A State Of Mind. To Cherish Peace And Good Will, To Be Plenteous In Mercy, Is To Have The Real Spirit Of Christmas. If We Think On These Things, There Will Be Born In Us A Savior And Over Us Will Shine A Star Sending Its Gleam Of Hope To The World." ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American President. Presidential Message (december 25, 1927).

In Life There Is Nothing More Common Than Talent And Intelligence. What Is Missing Is Passion, Persistence, Commitment, And Dedication.

It Is Equally Clear That A Government Must Govern, Must Prescribe And Enforce Laws Within Its Sphere Or Cease To Be A Government. Moreover, The Individual Must Be Independent And Free Within His Own Sphere Or Cease To Be An Individual. The Fundamental Question Was Then, Is Now, And Always Will Be Through What Adjustments, By What Actions, These Principles May Be Applied.

Our Doctrine Of Equality And Liberty And Humanity Comes From Our Belief In The Brotherhood Of Man, Through The Fatherhood Of God.

Brotherhood Of Man

July 4, 1776 Was The Historic Day On Which The Representatives Of Three Millions Of People Vocalized Concord, And Lexington, And Bunker Hill, Which Gave Notice To The World That They Proposed To Establish An Independent Nation On The Theory That All Men Are Created Equal, That They Are Endowed By Their Creator With Certain Inalienable Rights, That Among These Are Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness.

Pursuit Of Happiness

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 Hope Reborn Again, For Peace, For Understanding, And For Goodwill To Men!

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.

The Measure Discriminates Definitely Against Products Which Make Up What Has Been Universally Considered A Program Of Safe Farming. The Bill Upholds As Ideals Of American Farming The Men Who Grow Cotton, Corn, Rice, Swine, Tobacco, Or Wheat And Nothing Else. These Are To Be Given Special Favors At The Expense Of The Farmer Who Has Toiled For Years To Build Up A Constructive Farming Enterprise To Include A Variety Of Crops And Livestock.

The Man Who Builds A Factory, Builds A Temple.

Despotism Has Forever Had A Powerful Hold Upon The World. Autocratic Government, Not Self-government, Has Been The Prevailing State Of Mankind. The Record Of Past History Is The Record, Not Of The Success Of Republics, But Of Their Failure.

Silence Can Never Be Misquoted.

It Is Not In Violence And Crime That Our Greatest Danger Lies. These Evils Are So Perfectly Apparent That They Very Quickly Arouse The Moral Power Of The People For Their Suppression. A Far More Serious Danger Lurks In The Shirking Of Those Responsibilities Of Citizenship, Where The Evil May Not Be So Noticeable But Is More Insidious And Likely To Be More Devastating.

When People Are Bewildered They Tend To Become Credulous.

When A Great Many People Are Unable To Find Work, Unemployment Results.

Wealth Comes From Industry And From The Hard Experience Of Human Toil. To Dissipate It In Waste And Extravagance Is Disloyalty To Humanity.

Patriotism Is Easy To Understand In America. It Means Looking Out For Yourself By Looking Out For Your Country.

Never Go Out To Meet Trouble. If You Just Sit Still, Nine Cases Out Of Ten, Someone Will Intercept It Before It Reaches You.

If American Democracy Is To Remain The Greatest Hope Of Humanity, It Must Continue Abundantly In The Faith Of The Bible

One Of The Greatest Favors That Can Be Bestowed Upon The American People Is Economy In Government.

This Country Would Not Be A Land Of Opportunity, America Could Not Be America, If The People Were Shackled With Government Monopolies.

I Am For Economy. After That I Am For More Economy. At This Time And Under Present Conditions That Is My Conception Of Serving All The People.

There Is No Right To Strike Against The Public Safety By Anybody, Anywhere, Any Time.

The Nation Which Forgets Its Defenders Will Be Itself Forgotten.

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