Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
CALVIN COOLIDGEA display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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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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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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