Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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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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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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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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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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