American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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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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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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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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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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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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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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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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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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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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