Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
CALVIN COOLIDGETeaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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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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Silence can never be misquoted.
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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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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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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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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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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 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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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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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 taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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