Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIf American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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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.
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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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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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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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We 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.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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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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Silence can never be misquoted.
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