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30th U.S. President

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. Known for his minimalist approach to governance and conservative economic policies, his presidency coincided with the 'Roaring Twenties' era of economic prosperity in the United States.

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Famous Calvin Coolidge Quotes

“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.”

Heart Done America Suffering Humanity Nations Realizing Inspire Higher Resources Relief Can Not Disputes Settlement

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“I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president, and I think I'll go along with them.”

Thinking Want Government America President Ass Solemn

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“Look well to the hearthstone; therein all hope for America lies.”

Wells Looks Heart Home America Lying

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“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 ideals.”

America Economic Danger Position Ideals

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“The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.”

Humans States America Purpose Mankind Divine Higher Favors Merit Cherish Almighty Allegiance Almighty God

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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.'”

Men May War Lasts America Nations Wish Views Danger He Man Glory Safety Surrender Devotion Secure Veteran Invincible Defenders

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“America... Cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.”

America Purpose Favors Merit Cherish Almighty Almighty God

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“The door of opportunity swings wide open in our country. Through it, in constant flow, go those who toil. America recognizes no aristocracy save those who work. The badge of service is the sole requirement for admission to the ranks of our nobility.”

Country America Opportunity Doors Flow Constant Wide Our Country Swings Sole Requirements Toil Nobility Aristocracy Admission Badges

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“The chief business of America is business.”

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“This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.”

People Ifs Country Government America Opportunity Land Monopoly Land Of Opportunity

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“I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can reestablish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty.”

People Want Government Able America Suffering Liberty Conditions Industry Rewards Bounds Chiefs Earning Severe

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“Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.”

Heart Done America Humanity Inspire Higher 4th Of July

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“We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.”

Mind States America Law Religion Church Religious Forever Atheism Office Tests Presidential Permit Inquisition

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“America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.”

Needs America Healing Inspirational Life Revolution Experiments Dramatic Serenity Surgery Nationality Restoration Adjustment Triumphant Agitation Normalcy Dispassionate

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“What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been dedicated by long practice to that wise and beneficent policy. It is the foundation principle of our system of liberty. It makes the largest promise to the freedom and development of the individual. Its preservation is worth all the effort and all the sacrifice that it may cost.”

“Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what to do. This is not local self-government. It is not American. It is not the method which has made this country what it is. We can not maintain the western standard of civilization on that theory. If it is supported at all, it will have to be supported on the principle of individual responsibility.”

“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.”

People Government America Conditions Civilization Property Spending Characteristics Expenditures Dealings Carelessness Government Spending Public Money

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“Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.”

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

“The business of America is business.”

America Business Military

Book:TALKATIVE PRESIDENT OFF

Source: TALKATIVE PRESIDENT OFF

“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.”

“America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.”

Men Character Problem America Produce He Man Men And Women

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“We do not need to import any foreign economic ideas or any foreign government. We had better stick to the American brand of government, the American brand of equality, and the American brand of wages. America had better stay American”

Needs Ideas Government America Economic Sticks Brands Patriot Wages Imports

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“I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves”

People Want Government Able America

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“Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who believe in it. The people of America believe in American institutions, the American form of government and the American method of transacting business.”

People Believe Self Government America Form Party Effort Method Institutions Forms Of Government

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

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