It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIt is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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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.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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