To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
CALVIN COOLIDGEDuty is not collective; it is personal.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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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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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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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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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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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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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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