There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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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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If 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.
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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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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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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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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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I 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.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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