calvin coolidge taught as a long time ago that there is nothing in the world like to take the place of perseverance. it was from somebody that said the only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. show up every day prepared. does not mentor -- matter who you are presenting to. i can be presenting to a class of third graders as it was a couple of weeks ago. everyone deserves what. be prepared. number nine, the high road is less crowded but it is where you should always aspire to be. people will make it tough to say there. the good news for me, i really hate traffic and there are no traffic jams on the high road. number 10, treat everyone with respect and kindness. it does not matter who they are or what they can do for you. the measure of a human being is, if you take care of people who you know can do anything for you the same way he did take care of people who can, you are a good person. number 11, think about the difference between optimism and pessimism. pessimist sees the challenges in every opportunity. the optimist sees the opportunities in every challenge. be enoug

that's one of the sour parts of calvin coolidge. he didn't always appreciate immigrants.ut he did appreciate once they were here, the whole process of americanization, or the coming part of america, whatever words we use now, whether we came over on the mayflower or in steerage just a few years ago, we're all in the same boat here. what i emphasize in that book and in this conversation, immigrants make the economy stronger. that's the number one -- it's there. it's true. >> there's no question. i think every mainstream economist agrees that as an economic matter, it is a positive for this country. it was built on immigration. the issue of pressing down on wages has been studied and a minor effect, if at all. so the opposition is more of a social and political issue. and it shouldn't, and i don't believe it is, really, an economic issue. >> and one of the things, you talk about breaking it up, there's a big debate on the farm bill in congress as well. a coalition of conservative republicans and liberal democrats bringing the bill down. a lot of people looked at that and sa

calvin coolidge was enormously popular, so he could have run or another term in 1928. we know she made a blanket in the white house. that was on the lincoln bed. she was trying not to show that she was calling the shots. when the president said "i do not choose to run" which was a big surprise in the summer of 1927, a senator was over for lunch, and she said the equivalent of, knocked me over with a feather. she really wanted to leave the executive to be free. that was a formal almost a kaboo kifment e dance for her. you look in her autobiography, there was another mother she was thinking of, and hat mother was the mother of charles lindbergh. she never wanted to freak out her son. grace felt that which about calvin. she wanted to help but not get in the way. it's not a modern style. it's not what we would do, but she did it well. for that we admire her. there are people that admire calvin coolidge very much for deciding like cincinatus or washington that maybe it was helpful for the country to have a change in leadership after a time, that this idea, and we deal with

calvin coolidge was enormously popular. he could have run for another term in 28. she made a blanket in the white house that has a square for each month left. when the president said, i do a sensor was run, over for lunch and she said the equivalent -- a senator was over for lunch and she said the equivalent of knock me over with a feather. if you look at her writings, there was another mother she was thinking of and that mother was the mother of charles lindbergh. he was doing something truly dangerous. -- it is nothat modern style or what we would do, but she did it well. for that, we admire her. maybe it was helpful for the country to have a change in leadership after our time, this idea of going back because we are an important leader, coolidge did not like that. let the country do without one. a first lady last supported another style of presidency. she has felt this sense of tremendous duty. this was the wife of the president of the united states. >> in that way, she was similar to eleanor. you are playing a role and it is but it is of value to the people. wh