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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Calvin Coolidge

Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Achievement Doubt
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Care Problem Simplicity
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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Beyond Creation Equality Government Men Power Progress Right
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Beginning Education Learning
We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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Character Civilization Government
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Commitment Dedication Intelligence Missing Passion Persistence Talent
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Government People Rule
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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Act Powerful Togetherness
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Generosity Himself Leadership Life Motivational

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