The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
CALVIN COOLIDGEYou don’t have to explain something you never said.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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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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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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