What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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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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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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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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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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