We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
CALVIN COOLIDGEDuty is not collective; it is personal.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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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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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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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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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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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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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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