One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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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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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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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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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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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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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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