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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEMoney will not purchase character or good government.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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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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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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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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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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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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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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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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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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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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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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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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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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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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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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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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