Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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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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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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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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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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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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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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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.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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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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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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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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