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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIf 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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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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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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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.
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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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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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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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