There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThis country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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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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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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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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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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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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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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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.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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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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