Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. ✨ Calvin…

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Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. ✨ Calvin Coolidge (1924). Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. ✨ Duff Gilfond, Calvin Coolidge (1932). The Rise of Saint Calvin: Merry Sidelights on the Career of Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge expressed his sympathy with the deep and intense longing which finds such fine expression in the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. ✨ Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).
Silence can never be misquoted.
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment. ✨ Address at Holy Cross (25 June 1919). Have Faith In Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches a … ▶

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. ✨ Calvin Coolidge (1924). Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings

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