Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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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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Silence can never be misquoted.
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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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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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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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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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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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There 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.
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