[Paine in the Neck]

Calvin Coolidge is my favorite President after Washington. He’s gotten a horrible bum rap by progressive historians but he knew the Constitution, understood the principles on which it was based and stood firm.

[Nervous Tick]

"Press on--nothing 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. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent."

-- Calvin Coolidge

[Thrownatbirth]

The Streak?

[stuartcr]

Very little.

[FredZarguna]

One of only two conservative presidents in the 20th Century. Both giants.

[I cannot think of a name]

Strangely enough, it was the liberal (well at least mostly liberal) Woodrow Wilson that offered the quote that to me is the most relevant today:

You cannot dedicate yourself to America unless you become in every respect and with every purpose of your will thorough Americans. You cannot become thorough Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America, has not yet become an American, and the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and Stripes.

Somehow, when the lamestream media uses that quote, they always leave off the last sentence, which to me is the heart and soul of the entire argument!