Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House. -Calvin Coolidge

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.- Calvin Coolidge

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Nothing in this 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 alone are omnipotent. -Calvin Coolidge

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No man ever listened himself out of a job. -Calvin Coolidge

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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. – Calvin Coolidge

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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business. -Calvin Coolidge

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I have never been hurt by what I have not said. -Calvin Coolidge

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

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Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. -Calvin Coolidge

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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. -Calvin Coolidge

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