Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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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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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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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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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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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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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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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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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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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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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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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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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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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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