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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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 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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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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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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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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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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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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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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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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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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