The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
CALVIN COOLIDGENo 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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Teaching 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.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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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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We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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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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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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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.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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