Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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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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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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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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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.
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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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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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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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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.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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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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