The 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.
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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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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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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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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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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