There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
CALVIN COOLIDGETo live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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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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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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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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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