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The meaning of America is not to be found in a life without toil. Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
(Attributed)

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
(Attributed)

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
(Attributed)

Colonel, never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
(Attributed)
on enforcement of Prohibition; http://www.bartleby.com/66/32/14832.html

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
(Attributed)

Nothing in the 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 are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
(Attributed)
Unverified in his writings. Cited on the program at a Coolidge memorial service (1933)

In the discharge of the duties of the office there is one of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that some one else can do for you.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
Autobiography (1929)

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped.

President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US President (1925-29)
Speech in Boston (11 Jun. 1928)