Classic Quotes by Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) 30th U.S. President
Advertising is the life of trade.
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
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After all, the chief business of the American people is business.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Education will not (take the place of persistance); the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.