Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIf the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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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.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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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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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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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.
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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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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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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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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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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in 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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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local 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 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 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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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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