Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThey 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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 can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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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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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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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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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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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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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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