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Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings

Book by Calvin Coolidge · 3 quotes · People, Mean, Government

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Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings Quotes

“Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”

“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service.”

“It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes which have been made by every kind of autocracy they are unimportant.”