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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Calvin Coolidge

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.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Death Democracy Feeling Himself Institution Leadership Men Ourselves Spirit
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.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Difficult Greatness Men
There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Deal Education Greatness Men Science
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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Healing Man Mindset Nature Spirit Strength Tree
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.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Care Problem Simplicity
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Believe Equality Government Justice Ourselves Religion Right Truth
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Choice Knowledge Yourself
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Intellectual Philosophy Spiritual Vision
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Himself Learning Lesson Oneself Word
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Ambition Effort Time
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Harm History Myself Silence
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
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.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Beyond Collection Doubt Reward
American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Change Ideal Understand

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