We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
CALVIN COOLIDGEUnless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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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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When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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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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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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