You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGEAll growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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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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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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