Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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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.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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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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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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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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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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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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You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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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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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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