The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIt is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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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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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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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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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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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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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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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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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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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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