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 COOLIDGEYou don’t have to explain something you never said.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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